Effect of early postoperative enteral immunonutrition on wound healing in patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer

Background & aims: One of the most frequent complications in patients with cancer and malnutrition is the surgical wound healing delay or failure. Some studies have shown that arginine improves wound healing in rodents and in healthy human beings. The main objective of this study was to assess t...

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Published in:	Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 55 - 65
Main Authors:	Farreras, Núria, Artigas, Vicenç, Cardona, Daniel, Rius, Xavier, Trias, Manel, González, José A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-02-2005 Elsevier
Subjects:	Aged Arginine - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Double-Blind Method Enteral Nutrition Fatty Acids, Omega-3 - therapeutic use Female Gastrectomy Gastric cancer Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Hydroxyproline - biosynthesis Immunonutrition Immunotherapy - methods Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Postoperative Care - methods Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Postoperative feeding Prospective Studies RNA - therapeutic use Stomach Neoplasms - surgery Stomach Neoplasms - therapy Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus Tumors Wound healing Wound Healing - drug effects Immunonutrition Wound healing Enteral nutrition Gastrectomy Postoperative feeding Gastric cancer Human Postoperative Nutrition Patient Malignant tumor Stomach cancer Wound Enteral administration Healing agent Surgery Digestive diseases Early Gastric disease
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