[Enteral nutrition in clinical surgical practice]

The authors present their clinical experience with enteral nutrition in 108 surgically and conservatively treated surgical patients in 1998-2000. The use of combined enteral and parenteral nutrition in different indications led to improvement of the nutritional status of patients with all consequences and at the same time it had a positive impact on the economic balance of the surgical department. As the ideal solution seems perioperative nutrition combined with postoperative enteral nutrition. Enteral nutrition can be however used also in conservatively treated patients. In the group there were no serious complications and the percentage of undesirable effects did not exceed data reported in the literature.