Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2013
Long-term nutrition intervention following major upper gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Postoperative nutritional support after pancreaticoduodenectomy in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease-related malnutrition in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Oral nutrition interventions in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery for cancer: A systematic literature review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
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- Using intervention mapping to develop an outpatient nursing nutritional intervention to improve nutritional status in undernourished patients planned for surgery.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Changes in the nutritional status of elderly patients after esophagectomy.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2019Article
- Effects of intensive nutrition education on nutritional status and quality of life among postgastrectomy patients.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2016Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesNutritional status has been shown to affect quality of life, tolerance of future treatments and survival in people having undergone major upper gastrointestinal surgery. The objective of this trial was to assess the impact of intense individualized dietary advice following major upper gastrointestinal surgery on nutritional status, dietary intake, gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life, compared to the current usual care. SUBJECTS/
methodsOn discharge from hospital, people having had major upper gastrointestinal surgery were randomized to have dietetic follow-up fortnightly for 6 months or to a control group. Data collection was conducted at baseline, and at 1, 3 and 6 months.
resultsTwenty-seven people were randomized to either the intervention or control group. There was a small but non-significant difference in percent weight loss in the intervention (-0.8 ± 8.8) compared to the control group (-2.7 ± 9.7) at 6 months. There were no other differences between the two groups.
conclusionsThis small study did not demonstrate that intense individualized dietary advice leads to improvements in nutritional status and quality of life for people having had major upper gastrointestinal surgery. The study does highlight that this group is at high nutritional risk, and does support the need for a larger multicentre study.
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