ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the clinical effect of different nutritional therapies on the immune function of patients with malignant obstructive jaundice after percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage (PTCD).Methods A total of 50 patients with malignant obstructive jaundice who were admitted to our hospital from January 2009 to March 2013 were randomly divided into two groups according to the admis-sion order.The patients in group A (n=25 )received enteral nutritional support after PTCD,and those in group B (n=25 )received total parenteral nutritional support after PTCD.Intra-group and inter-group comparisons were made in terms of jaundice clearance,nutritional indices,and body’s immune function on preoperative day 1 and postoperative day 7;comparison between the two groups was made by t test. Results Among the 50 patients who underwent PTCD,39 (78%)had good drainage,while 1 1 (22%)did not reach the expectation,of which,5 (10%)were in group A and 6 (12%)in group B.In both groups,the nutritional indices on postoperative day 7 were significantly higher than those on preoperative day 1(P0.05).The immune function of patients in both groups was significantly improved following PTCD and nutrition-al support (P0.05).Although the same scheme of nutritional support was used,there were 1 1 patients who did not achieve the expected jaundice clearance after PTCD and had limited improvement in immune function compared with those who had complete jaundice clearance (all P<0.05).Conclusion Jaundice clearance is closely re-lated to PTCD in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice,but not markedly associated with the ways of nutritional support.