Impact of oral preoperative and perioperative immunonutrition on postoperative infection and mortality in patients undergoing cancer surgery: systematic review and meta‐analysis with trial sequential analysis
Background Infectious complications occur in 4–22 per cent of patients undergoing surgical resection of malignant solid tumours. Improving the patient's immune system in relation to oncological surgery with immunonutrition may play an important role in reducing postoperative infections. A meta‐...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020-10-01
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| Series: | BJS Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.50314 |