Background & aims Malnutrition has been recognized as a major risk factor for adverse
postoperative outcomes. The ESPEN Symposium on perioperative nutrition was held in …

Omega-3 (n-3) and omega-6 (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are essential fatty
acids necessary for human health. Currently, the Western diet contains a disproportionally …

Objective: To define the influence of preoperative immune modulating nutrition (IMN) on
postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer …

Background: A meta‐analysis evaluating surgical outcomes following nutritional provision
provided proximal to the anastomosis within 24 hours of gastrointestinal surgery compared …

Background: Esophagectomy represents an exemplar of controlled major trauma, with
marked metabolic, immunologic, and physiologic changes as well as an associated high …

Background Patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery are at increased risk of
developing complications. The use of immunonutrition (IN) in such patients is not …

Background: Immunomodulating diets (IMDs) have been demonstrated to improve immune
function and modulate inflammation. However, the clinical benefit of these diets in patients …

Nutritional support of surgical and critically ill patients has undergone significant advances
since 1936 when Studley demonstrated a direct relationship between pre-operative weight …

Background The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential benefits of
immunonutrition in major abdominal surgery with special regard to subgroups and influence …

Background Perioperative enteral immunonutrition is thought to reduce postoperative
morbidity in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery. This study assessed the …