Nanjiang Zhou, Jeffrey W Ripley-Gonzalez, Wenliang Zhang, Kangling Xie, Baiyang You, Yanan Shen, Zeng Cao, Ling Qiu, Cui Li, Siqian Fu, Chunfang Zhang, Yaoshan Dun, Yang Gao, Suixin Liu
OBJECTIVE: Limited evidence exists regarding the efficacy of preoperative exercise (PE) in reducing short-term complications after minimally invasive surgery in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aims to investigate the impact of PE on short-term complications following minimally invasive lung resection. METHODS: In this prospective, open-label, randomized (1:1) controlled trial at Xiangya Hospital, China (Sep 2020-Feb 2022), patients were randomly assigned to a PE group with 16-day alternate supervised exercise or a control...
April 11, 2024: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery