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How to improve fitness before surgery?
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How to improve fitness before surgery?

Prior to both, open and endovascular repair, patients need to prepare for general anesthesia. Prof Mussa discusses what you can do to improve your preparedness for surgery.

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As a patient with an aortic aneurysm and contemplating repair, you ought to, there are certain things that you can do to improve your fitness. If you smoke, there's definitely no way around not stop smoking. You ought to stop smoking in order to get fitter for surgery. It is a detriment of better outcome, and of worse outcome if you continue to smoke. That is one thing. continue exercise and getting your heart and and lung function in a better shape. You could improve a diet and weight loss is also important and that could be coordinated through your training team or your through GP and in order to kind of a lead an overall healthier lifestyle prior to your repair and that has a a direct impact on the outcome of surgery.

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