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06.01.2022 | Original Scientific Report
Increased Rate of Serum Prealbumin Level after Preoperative Enteral Nutrition as an Indicator of Morbidity in Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer with Outlet Obstruction
Erschienen in: World Journal of Surgery | Ausgabe 3/2022
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Background
Preoperative malnutrition is believed to contribute to increased postoperative complications. Preoperative serum prealbumin level was reported to be a predictor of nutritional status and postoperative complications after gastrointestinal surgery, including gastrectomy. Gastric outlet obstruction caused by gastric cancer leads to insufficient nutritional status. However, the impact of preoperative enteral nutrition using naso-jejunal feeding tubes for patients with gastric outlet obstruction is not fully understood.
Methods
From July 2010 to June 2020, 50 patients with gastric cancer-induced outlet obstruction who underwent gastrectomy following preoperative enteral nutrition via feeding tube were included. We investigated the relationship between changes in nutritional status after preoperative enteral nutrition and postoperative complications. Postoperative complications were defined as grade ≥II based on the Clavien–Dindo classification.
Results
The median period of preoperative enteral nutrition was 10 days. The median increase rate of the serum prealbumin level was 10.5% (interquartile range, 0.63–38.2%), and patients with an increase rate ≥ 10% were defined as the elevated group. Postoperative morbidity was significantly higher in the non-elevated group (P = 0.0031). Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that an increased rate of the serum prealbumin level was an independent risk factor of postoperative complications for patients with gastric outlet obstruction caused by gastric cancer (P = 0.0025 and P = 0.009, respectively).
Conclusions
Preoperative enteral nutrition improved the serum prealbumin level of patients with gastric cancer-induced outlet obstruction, and an increased rate of prealbumin can be an indicator of sufficient preoperative enteral nutrition and decreased postoperative morbidity.