PMID- 34222299 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210706 IS - 2296-861X (Print) IS - 2296-861X (Electronic) IS - 2296-861X (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2021 TI - Therapeutic Effect and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Three Different Nutritional Schemes for Esophageal Cancer Patients in the Early Post-operative Period. PG - 651596 LID - 10.3389/fnut.2021.651596 [doi] LID - 651596 AB - Objective: To retrospectively investigate the comparative efficacy, safety and cost-benefits of three nutritional treatment schemes including short peptide jejunal nutrition (SPJN), whole protein jejunal nutrition (WPJN), and partial parenteral nutrition (PPN) in patients underwent esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in our hospital. This study was carried out in accordance with the conceptual framework of nutritional therapy in fast-track rehabilitation surgery. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 305 patients who were assigned to receive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. Eligible patients was naturally divided into SPJN group [n = 98 (32.1%)], WPJN group [n = 95 (31.1%)], and PPN group [n = 112 (36.7%)] according to the type of nutritional scheme which was actually prescribed to patients by the attendingphysician in clinical practice. The differences of the serum total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), pre-albumin (PA), hemoglobin (HGB), white blood cells (WBCs), red blood cells (RBCs) and neutrophils were compared among 3 nutritional schemes groups. We also investigated the relationship of the fluid intake, urine output, gastric juice drainage volume and thoracic drainage volume among 3 nutritional groups at 3 days after surgery. Moreover, the differences of cost-benefit indexes, complications, length of hospitalization and hospital expenditure were also compared. Results: The serum TP, ALB, and PA in the SPJN group were all higher than those in the WPJN and PPN groups (p < 0.05). The gastric juice volume of gastrointestinal decompression drainage and fluid volume of thoracic drainage in the SPJN group were all less than that in the WPJN group (p < 0.05). The overall hospital stay and post-operative hospital stay in the SPJN group were all shorter than that in WPJN group (p < 0.05). Moreover, the incidence of post-operative complications including anastomotic leakage, infection, and gastrointestinal reaction was remarkably lower in the SPJN group compared to the WPJN group (p < 0.05). Interesting, hospital expenditure in the PPN group was less than that in the SPJN and the WPJN groups (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Patients may obtain benefits in improving protein level after receiving SPJN scheme at the early stage after esophagectomy. Meanwhile, patients may obtain benefits in improving post-operative complications and hospital stay after receiving SPJN or PPN compared to WPJN protocol. However, the difference between SPJN and PPN requires further study because no difference was detected in terms of clinical outcomes including complications and the length of hospitalization although PPN may achieve a possible decrease of medical expenditure. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Huang, Liang, Du, He, Bai, Feng, Liu, Tian and Wang. FAU - Huang, Chen AU - Huang C AD - Department of Nutrition, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Liang, Xinyu AU - Liang X AD - Department of Nutrition, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Du, Shanshan AU - Du S AD - Department of Nutrition, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - He, Jie AU - He J AD - Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Bai, Qian AU - Bai Q AD - Department of Nutrition, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Feng, Xiaoqing AU - Feng X AD - Department of Nutrition, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Liu, Xiaoqing AU - Liu X AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Tian, Xu AU - Tian X AD - Nursing Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China. FAU - Wang, Jian AU - Wang J AD - Department of Nutrition, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210617 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Nutr JT - Frontiers in nutrition JID - 101642264 PMC - PMC8247476 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cost-benefit OT - esophageal cancer OT - hospital stay OT - jejunal nutrition OT - liquid equilibrium OT - short peptide jejunal nutrition COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/07/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/06 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2021/07/05 10:14 PHST- 2021/01/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/05 10:14 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnut.2021.651596 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Nutr. 2021 Jun 17;8:651596. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.651596. eCollection 2021.