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Clinical Significance of Perioperative Immunonutrition for Patients with Esophageal Cancer

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Background

We hypothesized that preoperative and/or postoperative enteral immune-enhanced formulas that are supplemented with arginine, omega-3 fatty acids, and RNA may reduce postoperative complications in patients undergoing esophagectomy for thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

Methods

Forty patients who underwent esophagectomy were divided into three groups: group A (n = 20) received a control enteral diet (Erental) through the jejunostomy after surgery. group B (n = 6) received an enteral diet supplemented with immune-enhancing substrates (Impact) containing arginine, omega-3 fatty acids, and RNA after surgery. group C (n = 14) received the impact before and after surgery.

Results

Lymphocyte counts in group C on postoperative day (POD) 7 were somewhat higher than that in group A (p = 0.07) and significantly higher than in group B (p = 0.03). Furthermore the incidence of incisional wound infection in group C was significantly lower than that in group A (p = 0.03). Moreover, the duration of postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) was significantly shorter in group C than in group A (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

This study reveals that the perioperative immune-enhanced formula may be superior to postoperative control enteral formulas in terms of reducing surgical wound infection and postoperative SIRS, which may result in serious postoperative complications for patients who have undergone esophagectomy.

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  1. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Hiroya Takeuchi, Yuko Kitagawa & Masaki Kitajima

  2. Department of Surgery, National Tokyo Medical Center, 2-5-1 Higashigaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8902, Japan

    Hiroya Takeuchi, Shunji Ikeuchi, Yoshiki Kawaguchi, Yoh Isobe, Kiyoshi Kubochi & Sumio Matsumoto

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Takeuchi, H., Ikeuchi, S., Kawaguchi, Y. et al. Clinical Significance of Perioperative Immunonutrition for Patients with Esophageal Cancer. World J Surg 31, 2160–2167 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-007-9219-8

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