HYPOTHESIS: Immediate enteral feeding following major abdominal surgery reduces postoperative complications and mortality when compared with parenteral nutrition. DESIGN: A prospective multicenter randomized trial. SETTING: A university hospital department of digestive surgery. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS: Two hundred forty-one malnourished patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery were randomly assigned to receive, after surgery, either enteral (enteral nutrition group: 119 patients) or parenteral nutrition (total parenteral nutrition group: 122 patients). The patients were monitored for postoperative complications and mortality. RESULTS: The rate of major postoperative complications was similar in the enteral and parenteral groups (enteral nutrition group: 37.8%; total parenteral nutrition group: 39.3%; P was not significant), as were the overall postoperative mortality rates (5.9% and 2.5%, respectively; P was not significant). CONCLUSION: The present study failed to demonstrate that enteral feeding following major abdominal surgery reduces postoperative complications and mortality when compared with parenteral nutrition.

Pacelli, F., Bossola, M., Papa, V., Malerba, M., Modesti, C., Sgadari, A., Bellantone, R. D. A., Doglietto, G., EN-TPN Study Group. Enteral vs parenteral nutrition after major abdominal surgery: an even match, <<ARCHIVES OF SURGERY>>, 2001; (136(8)): 933-936 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/61026]

EN-TPN Study Group. Enteral vs parenteral nutrition after major abdominal surgery: an even match

Pacelli, Fabio;Bossola, Maurizio;Papa, Valerio;Modesti, Cristina;Sgadari, Antonio;Bellantone, Rocco Domenico Alfonso;Doglietto, Giovanni
2001

Abstract

HYPOTHESIS: Immediate enteral feeding following major abdominal surgery reduces postoperative complications and mortality when compared with parenteral nutrition. DESIGN: A prospective multicenter randomized trial. SETTING: A university hospital department of digestive surgery. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS: Two hundred forty-one malnourished patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery were randomly assigned to receive, after surgery, either enteral (enteral nutrition group: 119 patients) or parenteral nutrition (total parenteral nutrition group: 122 patients). The patients were monitored for postoperative complications and mortality. RESULTS: The rate of major postoperative complications was similar in the enteral and parenteral groups (enteral nutrition group: 37.8%; total parenteral nutrition group: 39.3%; P was not significant), as were the overall postoperative mortality rates (5.9% and 2.5%, respectively; P was not significant). CONCLUSION: The present study failed to demonstrate that enteral feeding following major abdominal surgery reduces postoperative complications and mortality when compared with parenteral nutrition.
2001
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Pacelli, F., Bossola, M., Papa, V., Malerba, M., Modesti, C., Sgadari, A., Bellantone, R. D. A., Doglietto, G., EN-TPN Study Group. Enteral vs parenteral nutrition after major abdominal surgery: an even match, <<ARCHIVES OF SURGERY>>, 2001; (136(8)): 933-936 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/61026]
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