Publications by authors named "Ai-Shan Chen"
Aim: To review the application of nutrition support in patients after surgery for colorectal cancer, and to propose appropriate nutrition strategies.
Methods: A total of 202 consecutive surgical patients admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of colon cancer or rectal cancer from January 2010 to July 2010, meeting the requirements of Nutrition Risk Screening 2002, were enrolled in our study. Laboratory tests were performed to analyze the nutrition status of each patient, and the clinical outcome variables, including postoperative complications, hospital stay, cost of hospitalization and postoperative outcome, were analyzed.