ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS OF EARLY ORAL FEEDING AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR GASTRIC CANCER
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Objective: To evaluate the results of early oral feeding after laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer at Nghe An General Friendship Hospital. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 83 patients after laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer from February 2021 to July 2022. Results: There were 83 patients, mean age was 67.96 ± 9.51 years old. Male/female ratio was 1.68/1. The mean BMI was 18.98 ± 2.05. The average time to start oral feeding was 54.04 ± 10.32 hours, the earliest was 36 hours after surgery. The rate of patients tolerating food after surgery in the early oral feeding group was higher than the figure in the other (58.6% versus 53.7%). The average transit time in the group of patients with early oral feeding was 52.66 ± 4.18 hours (less than the other, 78.35 ± 6.48 hours, p = 0.042). The postoperative length of hospital stay in the early oral feeding group was 6.62 ± 1.18 days (shorter than the other, 7.31 ± 1.45 days, p = 0.765). The rate of patients with complications was 7.23%, while this rate in patients with early oral feeding was 6.9% (less than the other, 7.41%, p = 0.652), no cases of anastomotic leakage. Conclusion: Early oral feeding after laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer was safe, feasible and contributed to improving treatment efficiency and quality of life for patients.
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Early oral feeding, gastric cancer.
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