Does perioperative administration of glutamine, fiber and oligosaccharide (GFO) improve perioperative immune conditions and reduce early postoperative surgical stress after esophagectomy?

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Hirotoshi Kikuchi et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;11(6):2215-2217.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.62.

¹ Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.

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Perioperative enteral supplementation with glutamine, fiber, and oligosaccharide reduces early postoperative surgical stress following esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
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