RT Journal Article
T1 Pre-Surgical Nutrition Support Reduces the Incidence of Surgical Wound Complications in Oncological Patients
A1 Mudarra García, Natalia
A1 Naranjo Peña, Inés
A1 Olivares Pizarro, Sergio Pedro
A1 Riquelme Oliveira, Alejandro
A1 Granizo Martínez, Juan José
A1 Rodríguez Prieto, Ignacio
A1 Pérez Muñoz, Raul
AB Patients who suffer from cancer are at a higher risk of complications when they experience malnutrition. Evidence shows that oral nutritional supplements favor the healing process. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of preoperative oral nutritional intervention in oncological patients undergoing surgery. This study assessed retrospectively 55 cancer patients who previously had undergone abdominal surgery and did not have receive pre-surgical nutritional support (control group), and prospectively 30 oncological patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery and received pre-surgical high-protein nutritional support (experimental group). All patients had to have a NRS 2002 score ≥ 3. Analytical and clinical parameters were analyzed and the NRS 2002 screening test was performed. Post-operative assessments of surgical wound complications were also carried out to determine the impact of nutrition support. Pre-surgical nutritional interventions reduced the incidence and severity of wound complications as well as the length of hospital stays. Only 26.7% of patients in the experimental group had complications compared to 60% of the control group (P = 0.003). We conclude that pre-surgical nutritional interventions of patients undergoing surgery can improve post-surgical patient outcomes of malnourished patients.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0163-5581
YR 2019
FD 2019-08-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122318
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122318
LA eng
NO Mudarra García, N., Naranjo Peña, I., Olivares Pizarro, S. P., Riquelme Oliveira, A., Granizo Martínez, J. J., Rodríguez Prieto, I., & Pérez Muñoz, R. (2019). Pre-Surgical Nutrition Support Reduces the Incidence of Surgical Wound Complications in Oncological Patients. Nutrition and Cancer, 72(5), 801–807. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2019.1653473
NO NUTRICIA group
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 jul 2025