Effect of Perioperative Nutritional Supplementation on Postoperative Complications-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Betty ZhangZainab NajaraliLeyo RuoAbdullah AlhusainiNatalie SolisMarlie ValenciaMaria Ines Pinto SanchezPablo Emilio SerranoPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
Perioperative nutritional optimization decreases the risk of postoperative infectious and non-infectious complications. It also decreases LOS in patients undergoing gastrointestinal cancer surgery, but these findings should be taken with caution given the high heterogeneity.