Effect of preoperative oral enteral nutrition support on postoperative recovery of patients with long-term smoking esophageal cancer

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of preoperative oral enteral nutrition support on postoperative recovery in patients with long-term smoking esophageal cancer. Methods From April 2013 to April 2015, 80 esophageal cancer patients with long-term smoking history were randomly divided into two groups, with 40 cases in each group. The observation group was given preoperative oral type short peptide enteral nutrition agent for nutrition support for two weeks, and the control group took normal diet, and surgical treatment was given. The treatment effects of the two groups were compared and analyzed. Results On the first preoperative day and the seventh day after operation, the levels of serum albumin, serum prealbumin in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were significant (P<0.05). On the seventh day after operation, the lymphocyte count in the observation group was higher than that in the control group, and the difference was significant (P<0.05). The incidence of postoperative pulmonary infection and postoperative hospital stay in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, and the differences were significant (P<0.05). Conclusions The preoperative enteral nutrition support for long-term smoking esophageal cancer patients, it can not only improve the nutritional status of patients before surgery, maintain good immune function, but can also reduce the occurrence of postoperative pulmonary infection, shorten the length of hospital stay, so as to help patients recover and improve prognosis. Key words: Esophageal cancer; Preoperative nutritional support; Short peptide enteral nutrition agent; Clinical research