Background: Although current guidelines make consensus recommendations for the early resumption of oral intake after surgery, a recent comprehensive meta-analysis failed to identify any patient-centered benefits. We hypothesized this finding was attributable to pooling studies providing effective protein-containing diets with ineffective non-protein liquid diets. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to investigate the safety and efficacy of early oral protein-containing diets versus later (traditional) feeding after elective lower gastrointestinal tract surgery in adults.
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Pu, H., Heighes, P. T., Simpson, F., Wang, Y., Liang, Z., Wischmeyer, P., … Doig, G. S. (2021). Early oral protein-containing diets following elective lower gastrointestinal tract surgery in adults: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Perioperative Medicine, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-021-00179-3
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