ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2024
Comparison of the influence of postoperative oral nutritional supplementation between octogenarian and non-octogenarian patients undergoing gastrectomy for cancer.
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- Nutritional rehabilitation strategies in abdominal surgery.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of home-based exercise combined with nutritional care intervention in elderly patients with gastric cancer and sarcopenia: a retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite recent reports, the effectiveness of postoperative oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) on body weight loss and malnutrition after gastrectomy remains controversial. We aimed to elucidate the effectiveness of ONS especially in octogenarian patients undergoing oncological gastrectomy.
methodsA total of 286 consecutive patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer were eligible. Postoperative body weight loss, malnutrition, and sarcopenia were compared between patients with and without postoperative ONS among octogenarian patients aged ≥ 80 years and non-octogenarian patients aged < 80 years.
resultsIn this study, 36 (62.1%) octogenarian and 121 (53.1%) non-octogenarian patients continued postoperative ONS for three months. The clinicopathologic characteristics were not different between the ONS (-) and ONS (+) groups among the octogenarian and non-octogenarian patients. The changes in body weight and serum albumin levels at postoperative 1 year were different between the ONS (-) and ONS (+) groups (P = 0.03 and P = 0.04, respectively) among the octogenarian patients, but not between the two groups among the non-octogenarian patients (P = 0.99 and P = 0.29, respectively). Also, the decline in psoas muscle mass index at postoperative 6 months and 1 year was significantly lower in the ONS (+) group than in the ONS (-) group (P < 0.01 and P < 0.01, respectively). In addition, similar results were found in octogenarian patients who underwent distal gastrectomy.
conclusionsPostoperative ONS could prevent body weight loss, malnutrition, and sarcopenia especially in octogenarian patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
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