BACKGROUND Gastroparesis is a chronic motility disorder characterized by delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction.Patients with refractory gastroparesis often require enteral nutrition support...
Globally,gastric cancer ranks as the fifth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality.Gastrectomy combined with periop-erative chemotherapy is currently the standard of care in loca...
Patients undergoing gastric resection for stomach cancer are at an increased risk of malnutrition.Early postoperative enteral feeding significantly improves nu-tritional status and reduces morbidity.The use of a feedi...
BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is associated with significant undernutrition responsible for an increase in morbidity and mortality after gastrectomy.AIM To evaluate the impact of enteral nutrition by jejunostomy feeding i...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82170676;Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Provincial Key Industries Innovation Chain(Cluster)-Social Development Project,No.2020ZDLSF02-03;Xi’an Talents Plan Project:Clinical Application of Minimally Invasive Treatment of Alimentary Tract Malformation in Children by Combining Medical and Industrial Innovative Technology of Magnetic Surgery,No.XAYC210064.
BACKGROUND Giant congenital biliary dilation(CBD)is a rare condition observed in clinical practice.Infants born with this condition often experience a poor overall health status,and the disease progresses rapidly,lead...
Nutritional support is essential in patients who have a limited capability to maintain their body weight.Therefore,oral feeding is the main approach for such patients.When physiological nutrition is not possible,posit...
BACKGROUND Clinical stage IV gastric cancer(GC)may need palliative procedures in the presence of symptoms such as obstruction.When palliative resection is not possible,jejunostomy is one of the options.However,the lim...
To the Editor:Many patients with tumors of the pancreatic head or of the ampulla of Vater require endoscopic manipulation of the duodenal papilla in order to achieve tumor biopsy or for common bile duct stenting.These...
BACKGROUND Malnourishment and sarcopenia are well documented phenomena in oesophageal cancer.Patients undergoing neo-adjuvant chemotherapy prior to oesophagectomy have complex nutritional needs.AIM To examine the effe...
Some controversy surrounds the postoperative feeding regimen utilized in patients who undergo esophagectomy.Variation in practices during the perioperative period exists including the type of nutrition started,the del...