ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2023
Safety of omitting nasogastric decompression after esophagectomy: a propensity score-matched study.
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- Risk factors for pneumonia after radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Retrograde gastric decompression and anterograde enteral nutrition feeding in retrosternal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Impact of probiotic-enriched enteral nutrition combined with an ERAS protocol on postoperative recovery and metabolic rehabilitation in laryngeal cancer patients: a single-center retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Nasogastric (NG) decompression is routinely performed after esophagectomy. However, whether it aids postoperative recovery is still controversial. This study aimed to assess the effects of NG decompression on postoperative complications after esophagectomy. Methods: Data of 1,489 consecutive patients who underwent esophagectomy between January 2019 and December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were assigned to two groups based on whether they had undergone NG decompression or not. We conducted a propensity score matching (PSM) analysis to minimize the effect of potential confounders. Results: In total, 1,466 patients (including 1,235 patients with NG tubes and 231 without NG tubes) were included in the study, and 219 pairs were successfully matched. After PSM analysis, there was no difference in morbidity and mortality between the two groups. Postoperative hospital stay in the non-NG tube group was shorter than that in the NG tube group (8 Conclusions: Routine NG decompression may not confer any discernible benefits for patients who have undergone esophagectomy. As such, the omission of this procedure could be considered in postoperative care.
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