ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2018
Evaluation of the need for routine feeding jejunostomy for enteral nutrition after esophagectomy.
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- A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Jejunostomy and Nasogastric Feeding in Minimally Invasive McKeown Esophagectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020Trial
- Laparoscopic jejunostomy during McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy: a propensity score analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Observational
- Benefit of a laparoscopic jejunostomy feeding catheter insertion to prevent bowel obstruction associated with feeding jejunostomy after esophagectomy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Failure of Direct Oral Feeding Following a Totally Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Outcomes of Esophageal Cancer after Esophagectomy in the Era of Early Injection Laryngoplasty.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Utility of feeding jejunostomy in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy with a high risk of anastomotic leakage.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021Article
- Efficacy of enhanced prehabilitation for patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2021Article
- Feeding jejunostomy in upper gastrointestinal resections: a UK-wide survey.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2020Article
- Optimal timing and route of nutritional support after esophagectomy: A review of the literature.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019Review
- Bowel obstruction associated with a feeding jejunostomy and its association to weight loss after thoracoscopic esophagectomy.BMC gastroenterology · 2019Observational
- Risk factors of post-esophagectomy-induced malnutrition.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Jejunostomy-technique and controversies.Journal of visualized surgery · 2019Article
- Securing enteral nutrition with routine feeding jejunostomy after esophagectomy: lost effort or a life saver?Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Tube feeding via a jejunostomy following esophagectomy: is it necessary?Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies have shown that enteral nutrition (EN) helps reduce severe postoperative complications after esophagectomy. However, the incidence of jejunostomy-related complications is approximately 30%. We evaluated the operative outcomes in patients who did not receive EN via feeding jejunostomy after esophagectomy.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 76 consecutive patients with esophageal cancer who received radical esophagectomy. Operative outcomes were compared between 33 patients who received postoperative EN via feeding jejunostomy (group A; from May 2014 to September 2015) and 43 patients who did not receive EN via feeding jejunostomy (group B; from September 2015 to December 2017).
resultsThe American Society of Anesthesiologists performance status score of the patients in group B was significantly higher than that of patients in group A (P=0.002). The postoperative morbidity rate was comparable between the two groups (group A, 30.3%
conclusionsJejunostomy-related bowel obstruction in the patients with feeding jejunostomy was significantly higher than that in the patients without jejunostomy. There was no increase in postoperative complications (including pneumonia) in the patients who did not receive EN via feeding jejunostomy. Our results suggest that routine feeding jejunostomy may not be necessary for all patients undergoing esophagectomy.
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