ArticleAnnals of gastroenterological surgery2019
Long-term effects of an oral elemental nutritional supplement on post-gastrectomy body weight loss in gastric cancer patients (KSES002).
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- Effect of Dietary Interventions on Body Composition and Quality of Life in Stomach Cancer Survivors after Gastrectomy: A Systematic Review.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Pooled it
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- Nutrition as prevention for improved cancer health outcomes: a systematic literature review.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Personalized Digital Exercise and Nutrition Rehabilitation Program in Postoperative Patients With Gastric Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Feasibility and Safety of Oral Nutritional Supplementation with High-Density Liquid Diet After Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer.World journal of surgery · 2022Trial
- Risk Factors for Body Weight Loss After Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Analyzed From the JCOG1001 Phase III Trial.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Article
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- Effect of short-term oral nutrients after hospital discharge on postoperative muscle loss and survival in gastric cancer patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Comparison of the influence of postoperative oral nutritional supplementation between octogenarian and non-octogenarian patients undergoing gastrectomy for cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Elemental Diet as a Therapeutic Modality: A Comprehensive Review.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Review
- Impact of malnutrition and nutritional support after gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2024Review
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- Effects of postoperative oral elemental nutritional supplement on skeletal muscle loss after gastrectomy for gastric cancer.International journal of clinical oncology · 2024Article
- Comparison of the effects of open and laparoscopic approach on body composition in gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A propensity score-matched study.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2024Article
- Oral frailty is a risk factor for body weight loss after gastrectomy: a single-center, retrospective study.International journal of clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Usefulness of the cachexia index as a prognostic indicator for patients with gastric cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2023Article
- Predictive model for long-term weight recovery after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an introduction to a web calculator.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- Risk score for predicting death from other causes after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2023Article
- Effects of individualized dietary counseling on nutritional status and quality of life in post-discharge patients after surgery for gastric cancer: A randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Current status of perioperative nutritional intervention and exercise in gastric cancer surgery: A review.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2022Review
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Abstract
aimThe present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of short-term nutritional intervention with an oral elemental diet (ED; Elental; EA Pharma Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) at 300 kcal/day for 6-8 weeks in the early post-gastrectomy period on postoperative long-term body weight loss (BWL).
methodsWe analyzed consecutive patients who were randomly divided to receive the regular diet with or without ED. The control group received regular diet alone post-gastrectomy, whereas the ED group received 300 kcal ED plus regular diet for 6-8 weeks. Primary endpoint was percentage (%) BWL (body weight loss; body weight before surgery minus that at postoperative 1 year) by surgical type. Secondary endpoints included changes in nutrition-related blood parameters.
resultsOf the patients in the original trial, 106 were eligible for efficacy analyses. %BWL at postoperative 1 year was significantly lower in the ED group than in the control group among patients who underwent total gastrectomy (TG) (n = 19 and n = 17, respectively; 9.66 ± 5.98% [95% confidence interval, CI: 6.77-12.54] vs 15.11 ± 6.78% [95% CI: 11.63-18.60],
conclusionsDaily nutritional intervention (300 kcal/day ED) for 6-8 weeks reduced %BWL not only at postoperative 6-8 weeks but also at 1 year in patients who underwent TG.
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