Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Feeding patients with preoperative symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction after pancreatoduodenectomy: Early oral or routine nasojejunal tube feeding?
Early oral feeding is currently considered the optimal routine feeding strategy after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). Some have suggested that patients with preoperative symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) who undergo PD have such a high risk of developing delayed gastric emptying that these patients should rather receive routine postoperative tube feeding. The aim of this study was to determine whether clinical outcomes after PD in these patients differ between postoperative early oral feeding and routine tube feeding. ⋯ Also in patients with preoperative symptoms of GOO, early oral feeding can be considered the routine feeding strategy after PD.