The Impact of Preoperative Immune Modulating Nutrition on Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer

2019236 citationsReviewhybrid Open Access

Authors

Alfred Adiamah · University of Nottingham

Pavel Skořepa · University of Nottingham

Abstract

Given the significant impact on infectious complications and a tendency to shorten length of stay, preoperative IMN should be encouraged in routine practice in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Nutrition and Health in Aging Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 270, Issue 2, pp. 247-256

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003256

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