title: [Essential diet in extensive cervico-facial surgery].
abstract: A prospective nutritional study was undertaken on 26 patients submitted to pharyngo-laryngectomy with pre-operative irradiation. Three diets were compared, given through a naso-gastric Levine tube. The first diet being the hospital blenderized diet, the second one Flexical, and the third one, Flexical Control. There was no significant difference between Flexical and Flexical Control, but the biological parameters and the clinical evolution militate in favor of a widespread use of the Flexical method. The authors recommend the use of controlled defined diet as compared to the hospital blenderized diet and the more sophisticated and more expensive method as the intravenous hyperalimentation.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids; D002712:Chlorides / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D002149:Energy Intake; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010611:Pharyngectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002712:Chlorides; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium
vernacular_title: Diète essentielle dans la chirurgie cervico-faciale extensive.