title: [Perioperative nutrition support of the patients with pancreatic head cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of perioperative nutrition support on nutritional condition and complications of the patients with postoperative pancreatic head cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty four patients received perioperative nutrition support, including enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition (treatment group). Forty eight patients received routine postoperative parenteral nutrition (control group). According to the operative method, these two groups were further divided into two sub-groups: (1) pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) subgroup, including 13 cases from treatment group, and 24 cases from control group; (2) palliative operation subgroup, including 21 cases from treatment group, and 24 cases from control group. Body weight, total protein (TP), serum albumin (ALB), and the complications after operation were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The concentrations of ALB and TP in the treatment group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P< 0.05). Body weight and TP of the patients received PD in the treatment group were significantly better than those of the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perioperative nutrition support can improve postoperative nutritional condition and reduce the postoperative complications in patients with pancreatic head cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Yu-pei
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei-bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Meng-hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Ya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zi-wen
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control