ArticleAsia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition2024
Gastrointestinal cancer surgery in the elderly: The effects of preoperative oral nutritional supplements - A retrospective study.
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- Effectiveness of combined nutrition, exercise and psychological interventions in patients with malignancy: A randomized controlled trial.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Trial
- The value of perioperative nutritional risk stratification in the prevention of surgical site infection: precision application from GLIM/PG-SGA to PNI, CONUT, and GNRI.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Perioperative nutritional support in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery: Current views with an emphasis on prehabilitation efforts.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
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objectivesThe current study aimed to explore the effect of nutritional prehabilitation on the clinical prognosis of elderly patients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery. METHODS AND STUDY
designA retrospective study was conducted, where participants were divided into two groups based on whether they received oral nutritional supplementation at the first outpatient visit. The nutritional prehabilitation group (n=41) adopted a nutritional prehabilitation mode (a standard energy intake of 25-30 kcal/kg· d was recommended). While the control group (n=55) received routine care. All patients underwent laparoscopic surgery according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines. Changes in nutritional status, complications, psychological status, symptoms, hospitalization days, and expenditures were compared between the two groups.
resultsBoth groups of patients experienced weight loss. However, the decline in body weight in the prehabilitation group was less than that in the control group (-1.88 vs. -2.56 kg, p < 0.001). In the comparison of nutritional prehabilitation group and control group, significant improvements were observed in the Hospital Anxiety Scale scores (5 vs. 5, p = 0.01) and MD Anderson Symptom Inventory scores (3 vs. 0, p < 0.001) respectively. The infection rate in the nutritional prehabilitation group was lower than that in the control group (17.1% vs. 36.4%, p = 0.04). Additionally, patients in the nutritional prehabilitation group had significantly fewer hospitalization days at discharge (14.3 vs. 17.1 days, p = 0.03).
conclusionsIn elderly patients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery, a nutritional prehabilitation model may help maintain better physical and mental status, reduce infection rates, and shorten hospitalization days.
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