title: [Effect of enteral nutrition via jejunostomy catheter on quality of life in gastric cancer patients who have undergone gastrectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of enteral nutrition via jejunostomy catheter on the quality of life in gastric cancer patients who have undergone gastrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of 104 consecutive patients who had undergone curative resection for gastric cancer in Peking Union Medical College Hospital in 2011.All data were obtained from a prospectively maintained database of gastric cancer.The quality of life was compared between jejunostomy tube group(n=49)and tube-free group(n=55).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The two groups were matched in gender,age,tumor size,tumor location,histological type,pTNM stage,type of surgery,body mass index(BMI),quality of life scales,and cycles of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy(all P>0.05).Also,the global health status(P=0.154),physical function score(P=0.321),role function score(P=0.492),and fatigue symptom score(P=0.845)were not significantly different between these two groups one month after surgery.Three and 6 months after the surgery,patients in the jejunostomy tube group had significantly higher overall health status scores( P<0.001,P=0.038),physical function scores(P=0.004,P=0.005),and role function scores(P=0.002,P=0.038)and significantly lower fatigue symptom scores(P=0.020,P=0.043)when compared to patients from tube-free group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Enteral nutrition via jejunostomy catheter can improve the quality of life of gastric cancer patients who have undergone gastrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, PUMC Hospital,CAMS and PUMC, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qing-bin
authors.initials: QB
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Jian-chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Wei-ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Zhi-qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Jing-jing
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhang-jiang
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Shu-bo
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*