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Prehabilitation is a multidisciplinary strengthening program that helps to improve a patient’s strength before surgery and recovery time post-operative. The program includes evaluation, education, nutrition, exercise and stress management. Our clinic has expanded prehab to a multi-modal holistic approach to treat the muscle mass loss, which is common in sedentary and ill patients. Studies have shown the best time for these interventions are in the preoperative period before surgery.
At Ochsner Health, our team works together to create an individualized plan to not only cure our patient’s disease but to improve their functional recovery. Patients are typically sent to the Prehab program at a minimum of 4 weeks before their surgery. The components of the program include:
Our team treats a wide variety of patients, which include upper GI cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic and esophageal cancer, head and neck, and chemotherapy patients. The goal of the program is to:
Our Prehabilitation patients are benefiting from clinical trials and research at Ochsner Health. Click the links below to learn more about the different studies.
Patient referrals and transfers are critically important, and we want to make it easy for referring providers and their staff. Clinic Concierge is our clinic referral line for physicians, provides fast and easy access for referring patients for clinic appointments. Referring physicians can call Clinic Concierge or place orders electronically using Ochsner Provider Connect or call 1-855-312-4190
Our innovative team collaborates to build a personalized plan to help patients prepare and recover from surgery. Our team members are evidence-driven and research-based, and they are dedicated in providing the highest quality of care to our patients.
Over 700 clinical trials are being conducted at Ochsner.
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