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New developments facilitating nutritional intake after gastrointestinal surgery.

Jonas Nygren1, Anders Thorell, Olle Ljungqvist

  • 1Centre of Gastrointestinal Disease, Ersta Hospital, PO Box 4622, SE-116 91 Stockholm, Sweden. jonas.nygren@ersta.se

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
|August 13, 2003
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Early oral feeding after gastrointestinal surgery reduces complications. Strategies like effective pain management and preoperative fasting reduction enhance patient energy intake, improving surgical outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Surgical Nutrition
  • Perioperative Care

Background:

  • Conventional perioperative care often involves prolonged fasting, despite evidence against its necessity after lower gastrointestinal surgery.
  • Early oral feeding is safe and reduces postoperative complications, but nausea and vomiting can impede adequate energy intake.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review factors promoting early oral intake and adequate energy consumption in the postoperative period.
  • To highlight the importance of optimizing nutrition for surgical outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on perioperative nutrition and gastrointestinal surgery.
  • Identification of factors influencing oral intake and energy balance post-surgery.

Main Results:

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  • Effective pain relief (e.g., epidural anesthesia without opioids), minimized perioperative fluid/sodium, and reduced preoperative fasting facilitate early oral intake.
  • Preoperative information, mobilization, energy-dense foods, and oral supplements can improve postoperative energy intake.

Conclusions:

  • There is a need for randomized controlled trials on factors regulating oral intake after surgery, especially for upper gastrointestinal procedures.
  • Further research into appetite regulation and the use of peripherally acting opioid antagonists is warranted.