Clinical Effect of Oral Nutritional Supplements in Patients with Colorectal Cancer After Emergency Surgery

Abstract

Objective To assess the clinical effect of oral nutritional supplements in patients with colorectal cancer after emergency surgery. Methods Based on a retrospective comparative analytic design, 38 CRC patients undergoing emergency surgery were divided into two groups according to nutrition support methods: TPN and PN+ONS groups. We collected the clinical data of two groups, including the number of blood lymphocyte and albumin before surgery and on the 1st and 7th postoperative day, postoperative complication, total length of stay and postoperative length of stay. Results The age, gender, operation time and the amount of operative blood loss volume did not show statistically significant difference between two groups(P > 0.05). PN+ONS group had lower postoperative infection rate and complication rate and shorter total length of stay, but the difference was not statistically significant between two groups(P > 0.05). Conclusion The application of ONS may be helpful to reduce postoperative complications and shorten the length of stay in CRC patients after emergency surgery.

Keywords

• colorectal cancer
• nutritional support
• oral nutritional supplements
• total parenteral nutrition