Malnutrition is common in esophagus cancer patients, especially after surgery therapy. Whether parenteral supplement with enteral nutrtion is benificial for patients after esophagectomy is controversial, when compared with enteral nutrition alone. In this study, the investigators are to examine the effect of enteral nutrition supplemented with parenteral nutrtion on nutrition status after esophagectomy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
95
Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University
Shanghai, China
postoperative laboratory parameters changes for nutrition assessment compared to preoperation
plasma albumin, prealbumin, transferrin, retinaldehyde-binding protein, total lymphocytes counts
Time frame: from one day before surgery to the 7th postoperative day
postoperative body composition change compared to preoperation measurement
postoperative body composition is compared to preoperation, bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy is used for measurement of body composition
Time frame: from one day before surgery to the 7th postoperative day
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