Abstract: Objective:To investigate the clinical value of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in patients undergoing postoperative early enteral nutrition (EEN) with radical resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Methods:The clinical data of 48 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma who were admitted to the Drum Tower Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University from July 2006 to September 2014 were retrospectively analyzed．All the 48 patients underwent radical resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma, including 24 patients receiving postoperative EEN (EEN group) and 24 patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN group)．The serologic indices and liver function were detected regularly after operation. Ten percent of albumin (Alb) 10 g was administered by intravenous infusion when Alb<30 g/L. The indexes of all the 48 patients were compared in the 2 groups at postoperative day 3 and 7, including the serologic indices and liver function, the exhaust time, the volume of Alb infusion, the complications (incisional infection, abdominal infection, pleural effusion, peritoneal effusion and bile leakage) and the duration of hospital stay. The patients were followed up by outpatient examination and telephone interview till September 2014. The measurement data with normal distribution were presented as ±s, comparison between groups and count data were analyzed using the t test and chisquared test, respectively.
Results:Patients in the 2 groups were cured successfully and discharged, and no patient died perioperatively. Patients in the EEN group had a good tolerance for EEN and no occurrence of EENrelated complications was detected. The level of the GGT was (108±73)U/L in the EEN group, which was significantly lower than (225±121)U/L in the TPN group at postoperative day 3(t=4.041, P<0.05). The level of the GGT was (142±86)U/L in the EEN group, which was no significantly different from (183±107)U/L in the TPN group at postoperative day 7 〖HJ*6〗(t=1.477, P>0.05). The postoperative time to anal exsufflation and the duration of hospital stay were (73±18)hours and (15±4 )days in the EEN group, which were significantly different from (97±21)hours and (18±4)days in the TPN group, and the volume of Alb infusion was (44±29)g in the EEN group, which was significantly lower than (101±92)g in the TPN group (t=4.295, 2.615, 2.916, P<0.05). All the 48 patients were followed up for 1 to 71 months (mediantime, 10 months), no patients received reoperation or readmitted to the hospital due to complications.
Conclusion:The application of postoperative EEN in enhanced recovery of patients undergoing radical resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma is safe and effective, it could accelerate the recovery of enteral function, shorten the postoperative duration of hospital stay and reduce the supplement of extrinsic Alb, which is helpful for the fast recovery of patients.