[The significance of Onodera's prognostic nutritional index for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer].
BACKGROUND
We evaluated the role of the prognostic nutritional index reported by Onodera (Onodera's PNI) in patients with gastrointestinal cancer regarding the occurrence of postoperative complications.


METHODS
Subjects were 324 patients (42 with esophageal cancer, 107 with gastric cancer, and 175 with colon cancer). We classified them into the high risk group (< or = 40) and the non-high risk group (> 40) according to Onodera's PNI. We evaluated the rate of the occurrence of postoperative complications between the high risk group and the non-high risk group.


RESULTS
The rate of postoperative complications occurring in the high risk group was higher than that of the non-high risk group (p=0.04).


CONCLUSIONS
Onodera's PNI is useful for patients with gastrointestinal cancer regarding the occurrence of postoperative complications.
Sagawa
Masano
M
Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East.
Katsube
Takao
T
Konno
Soichi
S
Murayama
Minoru
M
Yamaguchi
Kentarou
K
Isohata
Noriyuki
N
Yoshimatsu
Kazuhiko
K
Shiozawa
Shunichi
S
Shimakawa
Takeshi
T
Naritaka
Yoshihiko
Y
Ogawa
Kenji
K
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015596:Nutrition Assessment