It is well known that there is a considerable postoperative weight loss in patients undergoing esophageal resection for cancer. We believe that this weigh loss can be limited by administering postoperative enteral feeding (target: 1000 kCal/ day) via feeding jejunostomy for at least 6 weeks postoperatively. We hypothesize that patients undergoing esophageal resection for cancer will have a better overall survival with postoperative additional enteral feeding than when on regular oral diet alone.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Target of 1000 kCal/day enteral feeding or glucose 20%, perferably given overnight.
University hospital Leuven
Leuven, Vl-Brabant, Belgium
overall survival from day of surgery
overall survival at 5 years after esophagectomy
Time frame: 5 years postoperative
postoperative weight loss
weight loss will be calculated by using age- and gender corrected BMI percentiles
Time frame: 1 year after surgery
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