Evaluation of the need for routine feeding jejunostomy for enteral nutrition after esophagectomy | Zendy

Yuji Akiyama | Zendy; Takeshi Iwaya | Zendy; Fumitaka Endo | Zendy; Haruka Nikai | Zendy; Kei Sato | Zendy; Shigeaki Baba | Zendy; Takehiro Chiba | Zendy; Toshimoto Kimura | Zendy; Takeshi Takahara | Zendy; Hiroyuki Nitta | Zendy; Koki Otsuka | Zendy; Masaru Mizuno | Zendy; Yusuke Kimura | Zendy; Keisuke Koeda | Zendy; Akira Sasaki | Zendy

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Evaluation of the need for routine feeding jejunostomy for enteral nutrition after esophagectomy

Author(s) -

Yuji Akiyama,

Takeshi Iwaya,

Fumitaka Endo,

Haruka Nikai,

Kei Sato,

Shigeaki Baba,

Takehiro Chiba,

Toshimoto Kimura,

Takeshi Takahara,

Hiroyuki Nitta,

Koki Otsuka,

Masaru Mizuno,

Yusuke Kimura,

Keisuke Koeda,

Akira Sasaki

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.97

Subject(s) - medicine , jejunostomy , parenteral nutrition , esophagectomy , incidence (geometry) , surgery , bowel obstruction , pneumonia , group b , enteral administration , esophageal cancer , cancer , physics , optics

Previous studies have shown that enteral nutrition (EN) helps reduce severe postoperative complications after esophagectomy. However, the incidence of jejunostomy-related complications is approximately 30%. We evaluated the operative outcomes in patients who did not receive EN via feeding jejunostomy after esophagectomy.

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