Trial reportDysphagia2009
Clinical outcomes comparing parenteral and nasogastric tube nutrition after laryngeal and pharyngeal cancer surgery.
Trial report in Dysphagia, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nutrition as prevention for improved cancer health outcomes: a systematic literature review.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2023Pooled it
- Enteral versus parenteral nutrition and enteral versus a combination of enteral and parenteral nutrition for adults in the intensive care unit.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- The economic burden of head and neck cancer: a systematic literature review.PharmacoEconomics · 2014Pooled it
- How enteral nutrition modes influence nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors with late dysphagia after radiotherapy: a randomized controlled study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
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- Impact of PDCA cycle-driven nutritional support on serum biomarkers and quality of life in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing radiotherapy.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2025Article
- Nutritional Management of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer-A Comprehensive Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Enteral nutrition provides favorable postoperative outcomes for patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei: a retrospective study.Gland surgery · 2022Article
- Cervical oesophagostomy in patients with severe dysphagia following radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.The Journal of laryngology and otology · 2014Article
- Advantages of enteral nutrition over parenteral nutrition.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2013Article
- Malnutrition and cachexia in patients with head and neck cancer treated with (chemo)radiotherapy.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation OncologyReview
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Nasogastric tube-assisted enteral feeding and parenteral feeding are utilized for nutritional support after major surgery. Although these nutritional supports have been compared before, there have been no comparative trials following surgery for laryngeal and pharyngeal cancer. In this study, 81 patients were randomized to total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or nasogastric tube nutrition (NGTN) after laryngopharyngeal cancer surgery. The two groups were well-matched demographically and clinically. Clinical outcomes such as time of commencement of oral feeding and hospital stay and complications such as fistula were similar in both groups. One case in the TPN group had catheter-related sepsis, whereas aspiration pneumonia occurred in four cases (9.8%) in the NGTN group. The daily cost of NGTN was $11.81 cheaper than that of TPN. Subjective symptoms of nasal and pharyngeal discomfort and scores on subjective swallowing were more severe in the NGTN group within the first postoperative week but became similar thereafter. Although there was no difference in objective postoperative outcomes between both groups, these results imply that each method had particular advantages and disadvantages. Nutritional support after laryngopharyngeal cancer surgery should be determined after full consideration of each patient's conditions and surgical details along with economics.
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