Perioperative Artificial Enteral Nutrition in Malnourished Esophageal and Stomach Cancer Patients and Its Impact on Postoperative Complications.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is responsible for approximately 13% of all causes of death worldwide, and 20% of cancer patients die because of malnutrition and its complications. Malnutrition is common in cancer of stomach and esophagus. Although it is widely accepted that malnutrition adversely affects the postoperative outcome of patients, there is little evidence that perioperative nutrition support can reduce surgical risk in malnourished cancer patients. This prospective study was carried out from December 2016 to July 2017 at the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru. After stratified for age, sex, and tumor localization, patients were selected non-randomly and assigned to study (n = 30, 14 women, 16 men) and control group (n = 30, 14 women, 16 men) as alternate patients. Within 48 h of admissio

SUBMITTER: Sagar RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707986 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature