Perioperative artificial nutrition in malnourished gastroin-testinal cancer patients

Table 1 Preoperative characteristics of the patients

	Study group (n=235)	Control group (n=233)
Mean age (yr)	57.3	56.5
Male/ female	162/95	166/89
Body weight (kg)	59.4 ± 15.2	61.1 ± 14.9
SGA score
B	147	153
C	88	80
Gastric carcinoma	124	129
Colon carcinoma	65	61
Rectum carcinoma	46	43

SGA: subjective global assessment; B: moderately- malnourished; C: severely- malnourished.

Table 2 Operative data of the patients (mean ± SE)

	Study group(n=235)	Control group(n=233)
Mean operating time (min)	210 ± 84	196 ± 102
Operative blood loss (mL)	540 ± 150	525 ± 120
Mean blood transfused (mL)
Intraoperative	420 ± 80	400 ± 100
Postoperative	200 ± 60	280 ± 120
Patients with albumin infusion (n)	156	173
Mean albumin infusion (g)	45 ± 22	55 ± 30
Kind of operation
Partial gastrectomy	82	90
Total gastrectomy	42	39
Colon resection	65	61
Rectum resection	46	43

Table 3 Postoperative complications in two groups

	Study group(n=235)	Control group(n=233)
Pneumonia	12	23
Urinary tract infection	6	10
Wound infection	11	20
Septicemia	2	5
Intra-abdominal abscess	4	7
Wound dehiscence	3	4
Fistula	2	4
Respiratory insufficiency	2	3
Phlebitis	1	2
Total	43 in	78 in
	31 patients	64 patients

Table 4 Incidence of septic complications in PN or EN group

	PN group(n=160)	EN group(n=75)	P
Incidence of septic complications	25	10	0.36
	-15.60%	-13.30%
Mean No. of complications per patient ( ± SE)	0.22 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.04	0.19
Mean No. of complications per infected patient ( ± SE)	1.33 ± 0.05	1.26 ± 0.06	0.22

PN: parenteral nutrition; EN: enteral nutrition.