Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care
The most recent articles from:
September 2012
-
In the last year, several meta-analyses focused on the potential clinical benefits of perioperative immunonutrition in surgical patients. Purpose of this review is to summarize their results and to draw recommendations about the current indication of immunonutrition in surgery. ⋯ In the light of these findings the use of perioperative immunonutrition should be implemented in patients undergoing elective major GI surgery. This should result in a considerable reduction in both postoperative morbidity and costs for healthcare systems.Larger trials are required before recommending immunonutrition as a routine practice in head and neck surgery.