EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Volume: 6 Number: 1 March 1, 2013
  • Arkaprovo Roy
  • Debiprasanna Ghosal
  • Atanu Jana
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EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

Gut anastomosis is one of the frequently performed surgeries in both emergency and elective setup. As a conventional practice following gut anastomosis, patients are kept “nil by mouth” till bowel sounds return. Recently great emphasis has been paid on early enteral feeding within 6 to 24 hrs after operation. The aim of our study was to see whether early enteral feeding within 24 hrs of small gut anastomosis is tolerable and beneficial to the patient. Feasibility, safety and efficacy of early enteral feeding after small gut anastomosis were assessed in terms of morbidities like incidence of vomiting, rate of anastomotic leak, infective complication and length of postoperative hospital stays in days. Among our 51 patients 15 (29.41%) were operated in emergency and 36(70.59%) by elective means. All the 51 patients were given early enteral feeding with clear water 18 hours after gut anastomosis. Out of 51 patients only 5 (9.80%) developed postoperative nausea and vomiting. The mean time of appearance of IPS was 1.19 days (SD 0.49). Mean time of passage of flatus is 1.84 days (SD 0.53). Three patients (5.88%) out of 51 developed clinical evidence of anastomotic leakage. The mean duration of hospital stay was 8.84 days (SD2.9). Two (3.92%) out of 51 patients of gut anastomosis die. In conclusion, the conventional wisdom of withholding enteral feeds for prolonged periods to coincide with the appearance of peristaltic sounds might not stand the test of time and early feeding is beneficial to the patients.

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Arkaprovo Roy This is me

Debiprasanna Ghosal This is me

Atanu Jana This is me

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March 1, 2013

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Year 2013 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Roy, A., Ghosal, D., & Jana, A. (2013). EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY. Journal of Surgical Arts, 6(1), 4-7. https://izlik.org/JA43UD64ZH
AMA
1.Roy A, Ghosal D, Jana A. EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY. JSurgArts. 2013;6(1):4-7. https://izlik.org/JA43UD64ZH
Chicago
Roy, Arkaprovo, Debiprasanna Ghosal, and Atanu Jana. 2013. “EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY”. Journal of Surgical Arts 6 (1): 4-7. https://izlik.org/JA43UD64ZH.
EndNote
Roy A, Ghosal D, Jana A (March 1, 2013) EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY. Journal of Surgical Arts 6 1 4–7.
IEEE
[1]A. Roy, D. Ghosal, and A. Jana, “EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY”, JSurgArts, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 4–7, Mar. 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA43UD64ZH
ISNAD
Roy, Arkaprovo - Ghosal, Debiprasanna - Jana, Atanu. “EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY”. Journal of Surgical Arts 6/1 (March 1, 2013): 4-7. https://izlik.org/JA43UD64ZH.
JAMA
1.Roy A, Ghosal D, Jana A. EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY. JSurgArts. 2013;6:4–7.
MLA
Roy, Arkaprovo, et al. “EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY”. Journal of Surgical Arts, vol. 6, no. 1, Mar. 2013, pp. 4-7, https://izlik.org/JA43UD64ZH.
Vancouver
1.Arkaprovo Roy, Debiprasanna Ghosal, Atanu Jana. EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING SMALL GUT ANASTOMOSIS; AN INSTITUTION BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY. JSurgArts [Internet]. 2013 Mar. 1;6(1):4-7. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA43UD64ZH

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