Feeding Jejunostomy Tube in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy: Utilization and Outcomes in a Nationwide Cohort.

Kevin M TurnerAaron M DelmanAzante GriffithKoffi WimaSameer H PatelGregory C WilsonShimul A ShahRobert M Van Haren

Published in: World journal of surgery (2023)

Among patients undergoing elective esophagectomy, feeding jejunostomy tubes were utilized less frequently over the past decade. Similar perioperative outcomes among matched patients support the safety of esophagectomy without an adjunct feeding jejunostomy tube.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
robot assisted
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
metabolic syndrome
cross sectional
patient reported outcomes
skeletal muscle