Postoperative feeding after esophageal resection Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
Patients were randomly allocated by a computer-generated random number list to receive EOF policy (when to eat depending on patients’ willingness) or LOF (feeding on 7 days after surgery). All the pat
if there is no discomfort, on the second day slag-free liquid diet will be received, each time 20-50 ml
if there is no discomfort, on the three day after feeding, transition to a semi-flow diet, mainly porridge, 200 ml each time.
Sponsors
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged =18 years 2. Undergoing minimally invasive Ivor Lewis intervention with intrathoracic anastomosis for esophageal cancer
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Age = 80 years 2. Exploratory surgery 3. Bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury 4. Patients with other malignancies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of hospital stays after operation. The discharge criteria are: ability to tolerate a soft diet, no signs of a postoperative complication that needed to be treated at the hospital, ability to ambulate without assistance, tolerable pain on oral analgesia and assessed by the attending doctor | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Quality of life, measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORCT) assessed within 3 days prior to surgery, 2 weeks , 4 weeks and 3 months after operation 2. General quality of life questionnaire (C30) and OES18 assessed within 3 days prior to surgery, 2 weeks , 4 weeks and 3 months after operation 3. Time in the ICU, morbidity (graded based on the Clavien–Dindo classification) 4. Mortality within 30 days | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactMing Wu
Outcome results
None listed