title: Nutritional support in the management of external fistulas of the alimentary tract.
abstract: A total of 56 patients with 65 fistulas was treated using one or a combination of three modern nutritional acids. Fifty-two of the fistulas (80 per cent) closed spontaneously and only 7 fistulas (10-8 per cent) required attempts at operative closure. The overall mortality was 7 patients (12-5 per cent), which compared favourably with a 40 per cent mortality in an earlier comparable group which had not received such nutrition.
mesh_terms: D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D008055:Lipids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D014815:Vitamins; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D008055:Lipids; D014815:Vitamins