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Peri-operative oral immunonutrition in malnourished ovarian cancer patients assessed by the nutritional risk screening

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Abstract

Objectives

Aim of this study was to determine whether peri-operative immunonutrition can decrease complications and the length of stay (LOS) in malnourished ovarian cancer patients.

Study design

Patients suspicious for advanced ovarian cancer before histopathological diagnosis and a nutritional risk score (NRS) ≥ 3 received oral immune-modulating diets (IMDs) for 5 days pre-operative and at least 5 days post-operative. Parameters for clinical outcome were infectious and non-infectious complications during hospital stay, and time of hospitalization. The results were compared with malnourished ovarian cancer patients of a previous study without any additive nutritional support (standard clinical diet/nutrition).

Results

The infectious and non-infectious complication rate in the interventional group (IG) N = 28 was 42.9%, similar to the control group (CG) N = 19 with 42.1%, whereas the rate of infectious complications in the IG (21.4%) was slightly lower compared to the CG (26.3%). The median LOS of the IG was 18 days, and therefore, longer than LOS of the CG (15 days). Regarding the patients’ compliance pre-operative 78.6% of the patients took the IMDs in an optimal and sufficient amount. Whereas after surgery, only eight (28.6%) patients were able to take IMDs in optimal and sufficient amount.

Conclusions

The current study showed no improvement of the complication rate or the time of hospitalization due to additional peri-operative immunonutrition in malnourished ovarian cancer patients. However, a trend towards the reduction of infectious complications could be seen in the IG.

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Abbreviations

NRS:

Nutritional risk screening

IMDs:

Immune-modulating diets

BMI:

Body mass index

Mo:

Month

LOS:

Length of stay

IG:

Interventional group

CG:

Control group

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Acknowledgements

We thank Anna Müller for support in patients’ recruitment. In addition, we thank Andrea Malota, MD for language revision.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Linda Hertlein, Christine Zeder-Göß, Sophie Fürst, Daniela Bayer, Fabian Trillsch, Bastian Czogalla, Sven Mahner & Alexander Burges

  2. Surgical Department, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

    Peter Rittler

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LH: Protocol development, Data collection, Data analysis. Manuscript writing: CZ-G: Data collection; SF: Data collection. DB: Data collection; FT: Data analysis. BC: Data analysis; SM: Manuscript editing. AB: Protocol development, Data collection. PR: Protocol development, Data analysis, Manuscript editing.

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All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Hertlein, L., Zeder-Göß, C., Fürst, S. et al. Peri-operative oral immunonutrition in malnourished ovarian cancer patients assessed by the nutritional risk screening. Arch Gynecol Obstet 297, 1533–1538 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-018-4759-8

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