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To accurately assess the clinical benefits of various procedures, patients were stratified into specific surgical groups: major and minor hepatectomy, pancreatoduodenectomy (PD), and left pancreatectomy (LP). Results: The prehabilitation program significantly improved preoperative nutrition, demonstrated by increased serum albumin levels on the day of surgery (p &lt; 0.001), and the clinical benefits were most pronounced in pancreatic surgeries. Patients undergoing PD in the prehabilitation group had a significantly shorter median hospital stay (8 versus 13 days, p &lt; 0.001). LP patients also experienced shorter hospital stays (5 versus 9 days, p = 0.001) and reduced blood loss (p = 0.002). For minor hepatectomies, the intervention significantly lowered the need for blood transfusions (8.3% versus 18.9%, p = 0.033). The length of stay and complication rates for major hepatectomies remained comparable between groups. Importantly, major morbidities and 90-day mortality were low and similar across all cohorts. Conclusions: Multimodal prehabilitation successfully optimizes preoperative nutrition and accelerates hospital discharge, especially after highly stressful pancreatic surgeries. 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