Allowing normal food at will after major upper gastrointestinal surgery does not increase morbidity: A randomized multicenter trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 721-729

  Lassen, Kristoffer ^a,b   Kjæve, Jørn ^a,b   Fetveit, Torunn ^c   Tranø, Gerd ^d   Sigurdsson, Helgi Kjartan ^e   Horn, Arild ^f   Revhaug, Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Section for Gastroenterology   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; JEJUNOSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EATING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLITION;

EID: 42549127776     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815cca68     Document Type: Article

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