[Clinical experiences with a standardized balanced diet in maxillo-facial surgery]

The clinical trial of a standardized balanced diet--Berodiet S--in maxillo-facial surgery during a year-period permits in regard to all aspects a fully satisfying review of this kind of tube feeding. The balanced relation of nutritive substances of biologically high value according to physiologically nutritional recommendations, a good tube passage, minimal energy of preparation and in case application by nursing personal and the practically unimportant danger of bacterial contamination in giving due regard to corresponding application notices fulfill all choosing criteria of clinical applicability of this tube feeding, which has to be evaluated also because of its individual compatibility as extremely positive and extensively free of secondary effects within the bounds of physiological requirements.