Impact of elemental diet on early recovery after laparoscopic colectomy: findings of a randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 166 - 173
• Main Authors: Shichinohe, Toshiaki, Sasaki, Takeshi, Kitashiro, Shuji, Morita, Takayuki, Ono, Koichi, Senmaru, Naoto, Ikeda, Junichi, Kojima, Tetsufumi, Kyogoku, Noriaki, Yamada, Hidehisa, Sato, Nagato, Kato, Kentaro, Murakami, Soichi, Ebihara, Yuma, Kurashima, Yo, Tamoto, Eiji, Noji, Takehiro, Nakamura, Toru, Okamura, Keisuke, Tsuchikawa, Takahiro, Hirano, Satoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Amino Acids - analysis; Colectomy - adverse effects; Colectomy - rehabilitation; Female; Food, Formulated - analysis; Humans; Laparoscopy - adverse effects; Laparoscopy - rehabilitation; Length of Stay; Malabsorption Syndromes - diet therapy; Malabsorption Syndromes - etiology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article; Postoperative Complications - diet therapy; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Laparoscopic colectomy; Estimated minimum length of stay in hospital after surgery; Elemental diet

Purpose An amino acid-containing elemental diet (ED) does not require digestion for nutritional absorption, making it a good option for patients with gastrointestinal malabsorption. We conducted a randomized trial to confirm that perioperative ED enhanced the recovery of patients undergoing laparosc...