...T. Fujita; H. Daiko; M. Nishimura Background: Early postoperative enteral nutrition has been suggested to improve the nutritional status of patients after esophageal surgery. However, whether enteral nutrition decreases rates of surgical complications and increases the completion rate...

... enteral nutrition (TEN) and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) differ in their modulation of ghrelin production and their effects on cardiac function after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Methods: Rats received isocaloric parenteral or enteral nutrition through implanted vascular catheters or gastrostomy tubes...