ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2017
The feeding route after esophagectomy: a review of literature.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Impact of Early Oral Feeding on Post-Operative Morbidity After Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Institutional modified post esophagectomy care protocol offers improved perioperative outcomes - a single-center propensity score matched analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Optimizing perioperative care in esophagectomy: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- Optimizing nutritional support in upper gastrointestinal surgery: A comprehensive review of feeding jejunostomy techniques and outcomes.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Review
- Early versus late oral feeding regimens following esophagectomy: a propensity score-matched observational cohort.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2025Observational
- Laparoscopic jejunostomy during McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy: a propensity score analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Observational
- Routine use of jejunostomy tubes after esophagectomy: The good, the bad, and the ugly!JTCVS open · 2025Article
- Impact of Enhanced Recovery Protocols on Short-Term Outcomes in Esophagectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Cancer Research Institute, Uttarakhand, India.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Postoperative Complications Following Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Hospital Variation in Feeding Jejunostomy Policy for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Role of intraoperative feeding jejunostomy in esophageal cancer surgery.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
- Risk Factors for Failure of Direct Oral Feeding Following a Totally Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Nutritional jejunostomy in esophagectomy for cancer, a national register-based cohort study of associations with postoperative outcomes and survival.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Article
- Therapeutic Effect and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Three Different Nutritional Schemes for Esophageal Cancer Patients in the Early Post-operative Period.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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- Optimal timing and route of nutritional support after esophagectomy: A review of the literature.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019Review
- Immunonutrition in the esophagectomy patient: food for thought.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Risk factors of post-esophagectomy-induced malnutrition.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Jejunostomy-technique and controversies.Journal of visualized surgery · 2019Article
- Jejunostomy or nasojejunal tube after esophagectomy: a review of the literature.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Review
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Abstract
Enhanced recovery programs effectively optimize perioperative care and reduce postoperative morbidity. In esophagectomy, several components of the ERAS program are successfully introduced. However, timing and type of postoperative feeding remain a matter of debate. Adequate nutritional support is essential in patients undergoing an esophagectomy. These patients often present with weight loss and their eating pattern is strongly altered by the procedure and reconstruction. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is associated with severe septic complications and enteral nutrition (EN) does not increase major complications. Therefore, early EN after esophagectomy is favored over TPN. However, with enteral feeding tubes minor complications occur frequently (13-38%) and in some cases this can hamper recovery. Based on experience in other types of upper gastro-intestinal surgery, early start of oral feeding could improve time to functional recovery after surgery. The total length of stay was significantly shorter in four prospective studies (6-12
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