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The evolution of nutritional care in surgical oncology

Published:March 11, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2023.03.205
      Undernutrition is an independent risk factor for the occurrence of postoperative morbidity/mortality and longer length of hospital stay which generated increased hospital costs in cancer patients [
      • van Stijn M.F.M.
      • Korkic-Halilovic I.
      • Bakker M.S.M.
      • van der Ploeg T.
      • van Leeuwen P.A.M.
      • Houdijk A.P.J.
      Preoperative nutrition status and postoperative outcome in elderly general surgery patients.
      ,
      • Cederholm T.
      • Jensen G.L.
      • Correia M.I.T.D.
      • Gonzalez M.C.
      • Fukushima R.
      • Higashiguchi T.
      • et al.
      GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition – a consensus report from the global clinical nutrition community.
      ]. Therefore, energy and protein support should be provided perioperatively in undernourished patients to prevent a further deterioration of nutritional status after surgery when an inadequate food intake and an increased muscle catabolism can be expected [
      • Zhang B.
      • Najarali Z.
      • Ruo L.
      • Alhusaini A.
      • Solis N.
      • Valencia M.
      • et al.
      Effect of perioperative nutritional supplementation on postoperative complications—systematic review and meta-analysis.
      ].
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