Effects of preoperative malnutrition on Postoperative Surgical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Periampullary Neoplasms: A Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study.

Conclusions: : Before surgery, 87.0%patients were classified into the at-risk of malnutrition or malnourished group. Comparedwith well-nourished patients, patients with nutritional issues showed a higher overallsurgical morbidity. Improved preoperative nutritional status leads to favorable surgicaloutcomes in elderly patients. PMID: 30970428 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30970428?dopt=Abstract

Source: Gut and Liver - April 13, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gut Liver Source Type: research