Immunonutrition in the esophagectomy patient: food for thought

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Melanie Subramanian et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;11(6):2218-2221.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.63.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Perioperative enteral supplementation with glutamine, fiber, and oligosaccharide reduces early postoperative surgical stress following esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
Abe T, Hosoi T, Kawai R, Uemura N, Higaki E, An B, Kawakami J, Saito T, Shimizu Y. Abe T, et al. Esophagus. 2019 Jan;16(1):63-70. doi: 10.1007/s10388-018-0630-z. Epub 2018 Jul 20. Esophagus. 2019. PMID: 30030739

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