ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2023
Postoperative parenteral glutamine supplementation improves the short-term outcomes in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: A propensity score matching study.
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- The effect of immunonutrition on postoperative ileus following colorectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Glutamine prevents diarrhea in colorectal cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy: a meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- The use of preoperative enteral immunonutrition in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2025Pooled it
- Prognostic value of perioperative changes in serum primary metabolites in patients after major surgery under general anesthesia: an exploratory secondary analysis of the TAPIR trial.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Trial
- Effect of preoperative oral carbohydrate combined with postoperative early enteral nutrition on the perioperative rehabilitation of patients with colorectal cancer: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Trial
- Glutamine metabolism in health and disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Review
- Efficacy of glutamine supplementation in postoperative patients undergoing hepatic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Preoperative nutrition in colorectal cancer surgery: mini review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
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- Impact of Glutamine-Enhanced Parenteral Nutrition on Postoperative Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Patients.Cancer management and research · 2024Article
- Effects of glutamine on plasma protein and inflammation in postoperative patients with colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International journal of colorectal disease · 2023Review
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Abstract
Introduction: The clinical utility of glutamine in patients undergoing colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery remains unclear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the impact of postoperative treatment with glutamine on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing CRC surgery. Methods: We included patients with CRC undergoing elective surgery between January 2014 and January 2021. Patients were divided into the glutamine and control groups. We retrospectively analyzed postoperative infections complications within 30 days and other outcomes using propensity score matching and performed between-group comparisons. Results: We included 1,004 patients who underwent CRC surgeries; among them, 660 received parenteral glutamine supplementation. After matching, there were 342 patients in each group. The overall incidence of postoperative complications was 14.9 and 36.8% in the glutamine and control groups, respectively, indicating that glutamine significantly reduced the incidence of postoperative complications [ Conclusions: Taken together, postoperative parenteral glutamine supplementation can effectively reduce the incidence of postoperative complications, promote the recovery of intestinal function, and improve albumin levels in patients undergoing CRC surgery.
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