Do some patients receive unnecessary parenteral nutrition after pancreatoduodenectomy? Results from an international multicentre study.
Thomas Brendon RussellPeter Lawrence Zaki LabibPaula MurphyFabio AusaniaElizabeth PandoKeith J RobertsAmbareen KausarVasileios K MavroeidisGabriele MarangoniSarah C ThomassetAdam E FramptonPavlos LykoudisManuel MaglioneNassir AlhaboobHassaan BariAndrew M SmithDuncan SpaldingParthi SrinivasanBrian R DavidsonRicky H BhogalDaniel CroaghIsmael DominguezRohan ThakkarDhanny GomezMichael A SilvaPierfrancesco LapollaAndrea MingoliAlberto PorcuNehal S ShahZaed Z R HamadyBilal Al-SarriehAlejandro Serrablonull nullSomaiah ArooriPublished in: Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery (2023)
A considerable number of patients who had an uneventful recovery received PN. PN is not without risk, and should be reserved for those who are unable to take an oral diet. PD patients should undergo pre- and postoperative assessment by nutrition professionals to ensure they are managed appropriately, and to optimize perioperative outcomes.