ArticleJournal of gastric cancer2011
Feasibility study of early oral intake after gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma.
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- Impact of Early Oral Feeding on Anastomotic Leakage Rate After Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Improving Perioperative Care in Gastric Surgery: Insights from the EUropean PErioperative MEdical Networking (EUPEMEN) Project.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Efficacy and safety of early oral feeding in postoperative patients with upper gastrointestinal tumor: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2021Article
- Effects of early oral feeding after radical total gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Enhanced recovery after surgery for gastric cancer (ERAS-GC): optimizing patient outcome.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2020Review
- Systematic Review of the Role of Biomarkers in Predicting Anastomotic Leakage Following Gastroesophageal Cancer Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Effects of a stepwise, local patient-specific early oral feeding schedule after gastric cancer surgery: a single-center retrospective study from China.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Enhanced Recovery after Surgery for Gastric Cancer Patients Improves Clinical Outcomes at a US Cancer Center.Journal of gastric cancer · 2018Article
- EARLY ORAL FEEDING POST-UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT RESECTION AND PRIMARY ANASTOMOSIS IN ONCOLOGY.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2018Observational
- A video demonstration of the Li's anastomosis-the key part of the "non-tube no fasting" fast track program for resectable esophageal carcinoma.Journal of thoracic disease · 2015Article
- Improving the outcomes in gastric cancer surgery.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Review
- Feasibility of enhanced recovery after surgery in gastric surgery: a retrospective study.BMC surgery · 2014Article
- Evaluation of nutrient intake and diet quality of gastric cancer patients in Korea.Nutrition research and practice · 2012Article
- Early oral re-feeding on oncology patients submitted to gastrectomy for gastric cancer.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgeryArticle
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Abstract
purposeDespite the compelling scientific and clinical data supporting the use of early oral nutrition after major gastrointestinal surgery, traditional bowel rest and intravenous nutrition for several postoperative days is still being used widely after gastric cancer surgery. MATERIALS AND
methodsA phase II study was carried out to evaluate the feasibility and safety of postoperative early oral intake (water intake on postoperative days (POD) 1-2, and soft diet on POD 3) after a gastrectomy. The primary outcome was morbidity within 30 postoperative days, which was targeted at <25% based on pilot study data.
resultsThe study subjects were 90 males and 42 females with a mean age 61.5 years. One hundred and four (79%) and 28 (21%) patients underwent a distal and total gastrectomy, respectively. The postoperative morbidity rate was within the targeted range (15.2%, 95% CI, 10.0~22.3%), and there was no hospital mortality. Of the 132 patients, 117 (89%) successfully completed a postoperative early oral intake regimen without deviation; deviation in 10 (8%) due to gastrointestinal symptoms and in five (4%) due to the management of postoperative complications. The mean times to water intake and a soft diet were 1.0±0.2 and 3.2±0.7 days, respectively, and the mean hospital stay was 10.0±6.1 days.
conclusionsPostoperative early oral intake after a gastrectomy is feasible and safe, and can be adopted as a standard perioperative care after a gastrectomy. Nevertheless, further clinical trials will be needed to evaluate the benefits of early oral nutrition after upper gastrointestinal surgery.
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