The impact of total parenteral nutrition on postoperative recovery in patients treated for advanced stage ovarian cancer

ConclusionsPostoperative TPN in ovarian cancer patients may be inadvisable because of the increased risk for complications. Moreover, in the hypoalbuminemic patients, TPN may have not only delayed their postoperative recovery and increased hospital stay duration, but further precipitated the manifestation of nosocomial sequelae.
Source: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research