Chen Xiao-Wan, Guo Xiao-Chun, Cheng Fen
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, Hubei Province, China.
Department of Gastroenterology, The First People's Hospital of Jiangxia District, Wuhan 430200, Hubei Province, China.
World J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Jul 27;16(7):2175-2182. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i7.2175.
Postoperative rehabilitation of elderly patients with gastric cancer has always been the focus of clinical attention. Whether the intervention by a full-course nutritional support team can have a positive impact on the postoperative immune function, nutritional status, inflammatory response, and clinical outcomes of this special population has not yet been fully verified.
To evaluate the impact of full-course nutritional support on postoperative comprehensive symptoms in elderly patients with gastric cancer.
This is a retrospective study, including 60 elderly gastric cancer patients aged 70 years and above, divided into a nutritional support group and a control group. The nutritional support group received full postoperative nutritional support, including individualized meal formulation, and intravenous and parenteral nutrition supplementation, and was regularly evaluated and adjusted by a professional nutrition team. The control group received routine postoperative care.
After intervention, the proportion of CD4+ lymphocytes (25.3% ± 3.1% 21.8% ± 2.9%, < 0.05) and the level of immunoglobulin G (12.5 G/L ± 2.3 G/L 10.2 G/L ± 1.8 G/L, < 0.01) were significantly higher in the nutritional support group than in the control group; the changes in body weight (-0.5 kg ± 0.8 kg -1.8 kg ± 0.9 kg, < 0.05) and body mass index (-0.2 ± 0.3 -0.7 ± 0.4, < 0.05) were less significant in the nutritional support group than in the control group; and the level of C-reactive protein (1.2 mg/L ± 0.4 mg/L 2.5 mg/L ± 0.6 mg/L, < 0.01) and WBC count (7.2 × 10/L ± 1.5 × 10/L 9.8 × 10/L ± 2.0 × 10/L, < 0.01) were significantly lower in the nutritional support group than in the control group. In addition, patients in the nutritional support group had a shorter hospital stay (10.3 d ± 2.1 d 14.8 d ± 3.6 d, < 0.05) and lower incidence of infection (15% 35%, < 0.05) in those of the control group.
The intervention by the nutritional support team has a positive impact on postoperative immune function, nutritional status, inflammatory response, and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with gastric cancer.
老年胃癌患者的术后康复一直是临床关注的焦点。全程营养支持团队的干预是否能对这一特殊人群的术后免疫功能、营养状况、炎症反应及临床结局产生积极影响,尚未得到充分验证。
评估全程营养支持对老年胃癌患者术后综合症状的影响。
本研究为回顾性研究,纳入60例70岁及以上的老年胃癌患者,分为营养支持组和对照组。营养支持组术后接受全程营养支持,包括个性化膳食制定、静脉及肠外营养补充,并由专业营养团队定期评估和调整。对照组接受术后常规护理。
干预后,营养支持组CD4+淋巴细胞比例(25.3%±3.1%比21.8%±2.9%,P<0.05)及免疫球蛋白G水平(12.5g/L±2.3g/L比10.2g/L±1.8g/L,P<0.01)显著高于对照组;营养支持组体重变化(-0.5kg±0.8kg比-1.8kg±0.9kg,P<0.05)及体质指数变化(-0.2±0.3比-0.7±0.4,P<0.05)低于对照组;营养支持组C反应蛋白水平(1.2mg/L±0.4mg/L比2.5mg/L±0.6mg/L,P<0.01)及白细胞计数(7.2×10⁹/L±1.5×10⁹/L比9.8×10⁹/L±2.0×10⁹/L,P<0.01)显著低于对照组。此外,营养支持组患者住院时间较短(10.3d±2.1d比14.8d±3.6d,P<0.05),感染发生率低于对照组(15%比35%,P<0.05)。
营养支持团队的干预对老年胃癌患者术后免疫功能、营养状况、炎症反应及临床结局有积极影响。