SynthesisFrontiers in nutrition2022
Home enteral nutrition for patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The Application and Mechanism Analysis of Enteral Nutrition in Clinical Management of Chronic Diseases.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Experiences and requirements in nutritional management of patients with esophageal cancer: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Interprofessional Team-Based Whole-Course Enteral Nutrition in the Peri-Radiation Therapy Period for Esophageal Cancer.Clinical journal of oncology nursing · 2025Trial
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- The application of home enteral nutrition in cancer patients: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Routine jejunostomy feeding after esophagectomy reduces early weight loss: a cohort study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Preoperative lactate dehydrogenase-to-albumin ratio as a nutrition-inflammation index associated with postoperative pneumonia after McKeown esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Safety of long vs. short fasting after ESD/STER for esophageal tumors ≤ 2 cm: a propensity score-matching study.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Nutritional support and immunonutrition in esophageal cancer - From perioperative care to long-term survivorship: A review.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Review
- A rapid review of nutrition and exercise approaches to managing unintentional weight loss, muscle loss, and malnutrition in cancer.The oncologist · 2025Review
- Chinese Expert Consensus on Home Nutrition Administration for Older Patients (2024).Journal of evidence-based medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of Dietary Behavioural Changes on Prognosis of Postoperative Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Feeding tube self-management experience of patients at home after discharge following esophageal cancer surgery.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Home Enteral Nutrition with a Disease-Specific Tool (NutriQoLPatient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Focusing on the process: experiences and needs of Chinese post-esophagectomy patients and caregivers regarding home enteral nutrition.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Measurement and optimization of perioperative risk among patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Home enteral nutrition (HEN) is a relatively new nutritional intervention that provides patients with EN support at home through jejunostomy or nasogastric feeding tubes. We conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the safety and effect of HEN compared with normal oral diet (NOD) in postoperative patients with esophageal cancer (EC). Methods: EMBASE, Medline, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were used to search articles in English-language journals. The intervention effect was expressed using risk ratios (RRs) for dichotomous outcomes and mean differences (MDs) for continuous outcome measures, with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). The chi-square test and I-square test were used to test heterogeneity among studies. Results: Four studies were eventually included in this meta-analysis. Compared with NOD, HEN has a favorable impact on postoperative body mass index (BMI) (weighted mean difference [WMD] = 0.70, 95% CI: 0.09-1.30, Conclusion: HEN improved nutritional status and quality of life (QOL) in postoperative patients with EC and reduced fatigue and the incidence of postoperative pneumonia. All in all, the results of our meta-analysis support the use of HEN after esophagectomy.
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