dr. R.F.W. (Ruud) Franssen

BIG-nummer

39909979104

Aandachtsgebieden

• Hartrevalidatie
• Prevalidatie (optimaliseren van gezondheid in voorbereiding op een zware behandeling; b.v. een operatie).

Opleiding

• Fontys hogescholen, Eindhoven
• Maastricht University, Maastricht

Specialist sinds

2008

In VieCuri sinds

2010

Werkzaam op locaties

Venlo

Talen

Nederlands, Engels en Duits

Onderzoek en publicaties

• 101P Evidence base for exercise prehabilitation suggests favourable outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer despite being of low therapeutic quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Influence of different data-averaging methods on mean values of selected variables derived from preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients scheduled for colorectal surgery

• Letter to the Editor: Should we put more emphasis on the functional impact instead of the incidence of postoperative complications to evaluate quality of care in surgical oncology?

• Evidence base for exercise prehabilitation suggests favourable outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer despite being of low therapeutic quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Therapeutic delay in curative treatment of colorectal cancer, does it impact oncological outcome and survival?: a non-inferiority analysis

• Feasibility of a tele-prehabilitation program in high-risk patients with colon or rectal cancer undergoing elective surgery: a feasibility study

• Inter-observer agreement of preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise test interpretation in major abdominal surgery

• Moderate-intensity exercise training or high-intensity interval training to improve aerobic fitness during exercise prehabilitation in patients planned for elective abdominal cancer surgery?

• The Association Between Treatment Interval and Survival in Patients With Colon or Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review

• Letter to the editor: Can we really conclude that treatment delays are associated with poorer outcome in patients with colorectal cancer awaiting elective surgery?

• Associations between pretreatment physical performance tests and treatment complications in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review