Preoperative Glutamine Supplementation in Gastric Cancer-Thrombocyte Phagocytic Activity and Early Postoperative Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to determine the phagocytic activity of thrombocytes in patients with gastric cancer and to assess the effect of oral and parenteral preoperative glutamine-based immunonutrition on nutritional status, thrombocyte phagocytic activity, and early postoperative outcomes.

Methods

Patients suffering from invasive gastric cancer had been treated with preoperative immunonutrition with glutamine, and they were compared to patients without nutritional treatment. Nutritional status, percentage of weight loss, and BMI were assessed. Levels of total protein, albumin, cholesterol, triglycerides, platelets, and their phagocytic ability were measured twice. Postsurgical complications were assessed via the Clavien-Dindo classification.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Kamocki Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10343864 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature