ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2014
Is early enteral nutrition initiated within 24 hours better for the postoperative course in esophageal cancer surgery?
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- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus nasogastric tube feeding for adults with swallowing disturbances.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Program of gastrointestinal rehabilitation and early postoperative enteral nutrition: a prospective study.Updates in surgery · 2018Trial
- Feeding via duodenostomy can reduce intestinal obstruction after radical resection of esophageal cancer better than jejunostomy.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Article
- PROGRAM OF INTESTINAL REHABILITATION AND EARLY POSTOPERATIVE ENTERAL NUTRITION: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2018Article
- Society for Translational Medicine Expert Consensus on the prevention and treatment of postoperative pulmonary infection in esophageal cancer patients.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Review
- Early traditional Chinese medicine bundle therapy for the prevention of sepsis acute gastrointestinal injury in elderly patients with severe sepsis.Scientific reports · 2017Observational
- Early Enteral Nutrition Versus Parenteral Nutrition After Resection of Esophageal Cancer: a Retrospective Analysis.The Indian journal of surgery · 2017Article
- The ongoing debate regarding optimal nutritional routes following esophagectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2016Article
- Markers of sarcopenia quantified by computed tomography predict adverse long-term outcome in patients with resected oesophageal or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer.European radiology · 2016Article
- A comparison of postoperative early enteral nutrition with delayed enteral nutrition in patients with esophageal cancer.Nutrients · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundEarly enteral nutrition within 24 h after surgery has become a recommended procedure. In the present study, we retrospectively examined whether initiating EN within 24 h after esophagectomy improves the postoperative course.
methodsAmong 103 patients who underwent thoracic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, we enrolled the cases in which EN was initiated within 72 h after surgery. The patients were divided into two groups: EN started within 24 h (Group D1) and EN started at 24 - 72 h (Group D2-3). Clinical factors including days for first fecal passage, dose of postoperative albumin infusion, difference in serum albumin between pre- and postoperation, incidence of postoperative infection, and use of total parenteral nutrition were compared. Statistical analyses were performed by the Mann-Whitney U test and Chi square test, with significance defined as P < 0.05.
resultsThere was no significant difference between the groups in clinical factors. While pneumonia was significantly more frequent in Group D1 than in Group D2-3 (P = 0.0308), the frequency of infectious complications was comparable between the groups.
conclusionInitiating EN within 24 h showed no advantage for the postoperative course in esophageal cancer, and thus EN should be scheduled within 24 - 72 h, based on the patient condition.
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