Status and prospect of perioperative nutritional support for patients with gastrointestinal cancer / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

The incidence rate of gastrointestinal tumors is high, and it is the most common tumor in general surgery. Due to the characteristics of the disease and surgery, patients are often accompanied by malnutrition of varying degrees during the perioperative period. This will increase the risk of operation, surgical complications and mortality, reduce the susceptibility to radiotherapy and chemotherapy and the quality of life of patients. Therefore, good perioperative nutritional screening and nutritional support treatment will effectively improve the clinical outcome of patients with gastrointestinal cancer. This article mainly introduces the progress in screening, evaluation and evaluation of nutritional status in perioperative period of gastrointestinal tumor, as well as the timing of perioperative nutritional support treatment, selection of indications and implementation methods.