Optimization of metabolic state prior to major surgery leads to improved surgical outcomes.
Nutrition screening protocols should be implemented in the preoperative evaluation …

Multiple studies and meta-analyses have suggested some benefit to immunonutrition (IN)
supplements. These studies have often included pre-and post-operative regimens and have …

Significance: Wound-healing complications are a clinical problem with a considerable
socioeconomic burden. Since several nutrients play a physiological role in wound healing …

Purpose: While enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes are the standard of
perioperative management special nutritional care has to be attributed to malnourished …

The 'gold standard'treatment for patients with carcinoma invading the bladder muscle is
radical cystectomy (RC). Such patients are known to be at risk of malnutrition because of …

Results: Ninety-eight patients could be matched (49 in each group). Seventy-seven patients
(78.6%) had a minor and 21 patients (21.4%) a major liver resection. The two groups were …

Objectives The purpose of this prospective, randomized study was to evaluate the effects of
a diet containing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), gamma …

Up to 80% of patients with gastrointestinal cancer experience weight loss and malnutrition.
Malnutrition increases the risk of infections, treatment toxicity, and health-care costs and …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Bei Tumorpatienten sollte vor großen Operationen ein
besonderes metabolisches Risiko berücksichtigt werden. Die vorliegende Arbeit bezieht …

Résumé Le patient opéré est soumis à des modifications métaboliques et à une
immunodépression physiologique secondaire à l'intervention chirurgicale, majorant le …