The Importance of Perioperative Nutrition – Dr Starr

“When we think about surgery, it is a stressor. It’s a metabolic load on a patient. And if an individual is not optimized nutritionally, they’re not going to be able to combat that stressor and they’re not going to be able to mount a vigorous recovery.”

In this 02:22 video, Dr Starr discusses the importance of optimizing a patient’s nutrition to prepare them for surgery and help them recover, including asking what they can do to help improve their surgical outcomes.