Defining Microbiome Readiness for Surgery: Dietary Prehabilitation and Stool Biomarkers as Predictive Tools to Improve Outcome

Abstract

The deleterious effects of WD on the gut microbiota can be restored after 7 days of dietary prehabilitation. Moreover, stool markers may define the readiness of the microbiome to withstand the process of surgery including exposure to antibiotics and short periods of starvation.