Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
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Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi · Nov 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial[A randomized controlled trial of postoperative artificial nutrition in malnourished patients with gastrointestinal cancer].
To investigate the potential benefits of postoperative nutrition in malnourished patients with gastrointestinal cancer. ⋯ Postoperative artificial nutrition support is beneficial to the malnourished patients with gastrointestinal cancer, which improves postoperative outcome. Early enteral nutrition significantly reduces the infectious complication rate and length of postoperative hospital stay as compared with parenteral nutrition.