Assessing the Value of Prehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery According to the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathway for the Improvement of Postoperative Outcomes: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Cornelia Merki-Künzli   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Marta Kerstan-Huber   ^{2 *} ;   Denise Switalla   ² ;   David Gisi   ² ;   Dimitri Aristotle Raptis   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Nicola Greco   ² ;   Giuseppe Mungo   ² ;   Markus Wirz   ⁴ , PhD ;   Severin Gloor   ¹ , MD ;   Merima Misirlic   ¹ , MD ;   Stefan Breitenstein   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Christoph Tschuor   ^{1, 3 *} , MD

¹ Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

² Institute of Physiotherapy, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

³ Division of Visceral Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

⁴ Institute of Physiotherapy, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

*these authors contributed equally