Enteral nutrition combined with glutamine promotes recovery after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in rats.

CONCLUSION: EN combined with glutamine may effectively improve nutritional status after IPAA. Our results suggest a benefit of glutamine supplementation in EN for UC patients undergoing IPAA, although human studies are required to confirm this finding.
PMID: 29434447 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - February 7, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Xu YY, He AQ, Liu G, Li KY, Liu J, Liu T Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research