Parenteral Nutrition in Liver Resection
Author(s) -
Carlo Chiarla,
Ivo Giovannini,
Felice Giuliante,
Francesco Ardito,
Maria Vellone,
Agostino Maria De Rose,
Gennaro Nuzzo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of nutrition and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.789
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2090-0732
pISSN - 2090-0724
DOI - 10.1155/2012/508103
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , hepatectomy , malnutrition , liver regeneration , resection , regimen , regeneration (biology) , intensive care medicine , surgery , surgical resection , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Albeit a very large number of experiments have assessed the impact of various substrates on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy, a limited number of clinical studies have evaluated artificial nutrition in liver resection patients. This is a peculiar topic because many patients do not need artificial nutrition, while several patients need it because of malnutrition and/or prolonged inability to feeding caused by complications. The optimal nutritional regimen to support liver regeneration, within other postoperative problems or complications, is not yet exactly defined. This short review addresses relevant aspects and potential developments in the issue of postoperative parenteral nutrition after liver resection.
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