Should we delay surgery for prehabilitation? A short dissection of a perennial topic for anyone interested in perioparative medicine and enhanced recovery after surgery. This piece was originally part of the Prehabilitation World Congress in London. For more on this year's conferences, organised by Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM), check out www.ebpom.org

Presented by Andrew Davies, consultant in upper gastro-intestinal surgery at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Hospital Trust.