title: [Total parenteral nutrition in patients undergoing total gastrectomy in cancer of the stomach. A clinical study].
abstract: Total gastrectomy is the elective therapy for gastric cancer, but anastomotic dehiscences often improve the results of this surgery, performed in patients with malnutrition due to the neoplasy. The authors present a group of 27 patients treated with total gastrectomy and a routine postoperative TPN; the incidence of dehiscences and postoperative complications is very low. The preoperative evaluation of surgical risk and the choice of pre- and/or postoperative, parenteral and/or enteral nutritional therapy, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: IV Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piermattei
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fidanza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Merli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Egidi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angelici
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: La nutrizione parenterale totale (NPT) nel paziente candidato a gastrectomia totale per cancro. Studio clinico.