Impact of Preoperative Short-Term Parenteral Nutrition Support on the Clinical Outcome of Gastric Cancer Patients: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.
Li-Bin XuZe-Xin HuangHui-Hui ZhangXiao-Dong ChenWei-Teng ZhangMing-Ming ShiYu-Ning MaXin-Chen ShenJiang-Tao LinYi-Qi CaiXian ShenPublished in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2020)
Short-term PN support did not significantly improve the short-term clinical outcomes of nutritionally at-risk GC patients, with the exception of a lower incidence of anastomotic leakage. Considering that short-term PN support increases economic burden, PN should not be the preferred method among these patients.