Is low fat-containing elemental formula effective for postoperative recovery and potentially useful for preventing chyle leak during postoperative early enteral nutrition after esophagectomy?
Early EN using low-fat elemental formula after esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy was safe and valid for postoperative recovery and potentially useful in preventing chyle leak.
Moderate proctitis does not increase the morbidity of total colectomy with IRA for Crohn's disease. The risk of reoperation and secondary protectomy is higher when proctitis was present, but the IRA was still functional in one-half of patients after more than 10 years of follow-up.