Do some patients receive unnecessary parenteral nutrition after pancreatoduodenectomy? Results from an international multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds/aims

After pancreatoduodenectomy (PD), an early oral diet is recommended; however, the postoperative nutritional management of PD patients is known to be highly variable, with some centers still routinely providing parenteral nutrition (PN). Some patients who receive PN experience clinically significant complications, underscoring its judicious use. Using a large cohort, this study aimed to determine the proportion of PD patients who received postoperative nutritional support (NS), describe the nature of this support, and investigate whether receiving PN correlated with adverse perioperative outcomes.

Methods

Data were extracted from the Recurrence After Whipple's study, a retrospective multicenter study of PD outcomes.

Results

In total, 1,323 patients (89

SUBMITTER: Russell TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10896679 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature