This viewpoint highlights the need for a nuanced preoperative optimization strategy in hernia repair, emphasizing patient and disease-specific factors to determine optimal surgical timing for personalized care. It discusses the variability in adherence to preoperative optimization and the lack of detailed data guiding surgical decision-making, calling for a more patient-centered approach to enhance outcomes and minimize delays in surgical care.
Journal Article by Bidwell SS, Fry BT and Telem DA in JAMA Surg