Cochrane Reviews

Cochrane reviews related to physiotherapy for patients who have undergone surgery

Cochrane Reviews

Cardiac Surgery

Mechanical heart pumps to aid a heart that fails suddenly

Interventions to help people return to work after a heart attack, bypass or stent 

Psychological treatments to reduce pain in people undergoing open heart surgery

Education for people with coronary heart disease

Fast-track interventions of low-dose opioid-based general anaesthesia and early tracheal extubation in adults undergoing cardiac surgery

Atrial fibrillation surgery for patients undergoing heart surgery

The effects of giving adult patients a high inspiratory oxygen fraction around the time of surgery

Preoperative physical therapy for elective cardiac surgery patients

The use of incentive spirometry for preventing pulmonary complications in adults people undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Preoperative inspiratory muscle training for postoperative pulmonary complications in adults undergoing cardiac and major abdominal surgery 

Cardiac Rehab

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adult patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Promoting patient uptake and adherence in cardiac rehabilitation

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients following a heart transplantation

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with atrial fibrillation 

Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

Internet-based programmes for people with heart disease

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with implantable ventricular assist devices

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adults after heart valve surgery

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with stable angina

Heart failure

Positive airway pressure for heart failure associated with central sleep apnoea

Participation in rehabilitation programmes that include regular exercise, can improve the quality of life for people with heart disease 

Lung Surgery

Exercise training after lung surgery for people with non-small cell lung cancer

Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for prevention of complications after pulmonary resection in lung cancer patients 

Exercise training before lung surgery in people with non-small cell lung cancer

Lung volume reduction surgery for adults with diffuse emphysema 

Prehabilitation

Exercise training interventions for people with cancer during cancer treatment before or after surgery

Breathing training before surgery for reducing lung complications after surgery in adults undergoing heart and major abdominal surgery 

Abdominal Surgery

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure following upper abdominal surgery

Is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during the postoperative period useful? 

Incentive spirometry for prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications after upper abdominal surgery

Preoperative inspiratory muscle training for postoperative pulmonary complications in adults undergoing cardiac and major abdominal surgery 

Bariatric Surgery

Surgery for obesity

Surgery for weight loss in adults