Feeding jejunostomy in post-gastrectomy nutrition management for gastric cancer

Mushtaq Chalkoo; Mudasir Habib; Mohd Yaqoob Bhat

doi:10.4240/wjgs.v16.i12.3887

Feeding jejunostomy in post-gastrectomy nutrition management for gastric cancer

World J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Dec 27;16(12):3887-3889. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i12.3887.

Authors

Mushtaq Chalkoo¹, Mudasir Habib², Mohd Yaqoob Bhat¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Government Medical College Srinagar, Srinagar 190010, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
² Department of Surgery, Government Medical College Srinagar, Srinagar 190010, Jammu and Kashmir, India. [email protected].

Abstract

Patients undergoing gastric resection for stomach cancer are at an increased risk of malnutrition. Early postoperative enteral feeding significantly improves nutritional status and reduces morbidity. The use of a feeding jejunostomy in a selected group of these patients does improve the outcome.

Keywords: Enteral feeding; Gastric resection; Malnutrition; Morbidity; Outcome.