A randomized controlled trial comparing antioxidant-enriched enteral nutrition with immune-enhancing enteral nutrition after esophagectomy for cancer. Surg Today 2013; 43: 1240-1249.

Published: 18th March 2014

Authors: Nagano T, Fujita H, Tanaka T, Matono S, Murata K, Ishibashi N et al. et al.

Conclusion

The two nutritional supplements had similar effects on nutritional and inflammatory markers after surgery in this study that included 20 patients having oesophagectomy.

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