Università Vita-salute San Raffaele

This study tests whether a personalized fitness and health program before major gastrointestinal cancer surgery can reduce serious complications within 30 days after the operation. About 400 adult patients scheduled for elective surgery will either receive standard care or the ex…

This study tests a technique called acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) to see if it can reduce the need for blood transfusions in 2000 high-risk cardiac surgery patients. ANH involves temporarily removing some blood before surgery and replacing it with fluids, then returning t…

This study tests whether briefly inflating a blood-pressure cuff on the arm before surgery can reduce heart damage in high-risk patients. Over 1,200 adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery will be randomly assigned to receive the cuff procedure or a sham. The goal is to see if this…

This study looks at whether a special health program before chest surgery can improve how the body controls heart rate, which might help people recover faster. One hundred adults scheduled for major chest surgery will be randomly assigned to either the pre-surgery program or stan…