Augmented prehabilitation - is there a role for glucocorticoids and/or anabolic steroids to improve surgical outcomes?

Daniel Steffens; Michael Solomon; Julia Dubowitz; Walston Martis; Hilmy Ismail; Cherry Koh; Bernhard Riedel

doi:10.1111/ans.18989

Augmented prehabilitation - is there a role for glucocorticoids and/or anabolic steroids to improve surgical outcomes?

ANZ J Surg. 2024 Jun;94(6):989-992. doi: 10.1111/ans.18989. Epub 2024 Mar 25.

Authors

Daniel Steffens^{1

2

3}, Michael Solomon^{1

2

3}, Julia Dubowitz^{4

5}, Walston Martis^{4

5}, Hilmy Ismail^{4

5}, Cherry Koh^{1

2

3}, Bernhard Riedel^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ RPA Academic Institute of Surgery, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, and The Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 38525865
DOI: 10.1111/ans.18989

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
Glucocorticoids* / administration & dosage
Glucocorticoids* / therapeutic use
Humans
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Preoperative Care / methods
Preoperative Exercise
Testosterone Congeners
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Testosterone Congeners
Anabolic Androgenic Steroids