Witness what our surgeons and patients say about our Prehabilitation Clinic; so many positive response from engaged patients
Discover how the Prehabilitation Clinic functions, step by step, from the referral by surgeons to the assessment and prescription of multimodal interventions
Witness what our surgeons and patients say about our Prehabilitation Clinic; so many positive response from engaged patients
Mission/Vision
Prehabilitation can be defined as the process of care, initiated before surgery, whereby patients’ physical, nutritional, medical and mental conditions are strengthened while waiting for surgery in order to face the surgical insult and facilitate postoperative return to preoperative conditions.
In 2010 we conceptualized the prehabilitation program and introduced it at the MUHC for specific surgical procedures. Over the last 6 years, we have conducted several studies of the proof of concept. The prehabilitation program is achievable and helps patients increase their functional capacity before surgery, thus shortening the recovery and accelerating the return to the preoperative conditions.
The program consists of a preoperative baseline medical assessment together with an evaluation of physical strength and flexibility, nutrition and mental health. A personalized program is then prepared based on medical and pharmacological optimization, aerobic and resistance exercises, protein and energy supplementation, anti-anxiety strategies, glycemic control, and alcohol and smoking cessation.
The mission of POP is to engage patients in optimizing their health before an operation so that they can face the physical and psychological challenges of surgery.
POP’s vision is:
- To establish cutting-edge pre- and post-operative care programs – staffed with a highly trained, interdisciplinary team of health practitioners – for high risk patients undergoing surgery;
- To develop – through research and education – patient-centered therapeutic strategies and multidisciplinary interventions;
- To empower patients, as well as their caregivers, to take an active role in ensuring the best possible recovery after surgery.
Animated Guide to the Peri Operative Program
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Newsletter – August 2023
WHAT’S UP AT POP? Peri Operative Programme Péri-Opératoire (POP) Newsletter August 2023 PERI OPERATIVE PROGRAMME PÉRI OPÉRATOIRE (POP) TEAM 2022-2023 PRESIDENT’S REPORT The New MUHC Prehabilitation Clinic: As of October 2021, POP was given the authority by the MUHC to operate as a clinic. The new MUHC clinic is staffed by 3 MUHC employees; 1…
Newsletter – September 2021
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Newsletter – September 2020
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