Objective: the aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of preoperative and postoperative oral nutritional therapy in the prevention of malnutrition and postsurgical complications in colorectal cancer Patients and methods: patients who underwent oncological colorectal surgery between June 2014 and December 2015 are included. An evaluation of preoperative nutritional status is performed. Patients received IMPACT® (2/day) for 5-10 days previous surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate whether a quick parathyroid hormone assay that measures intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) level intraoperatively has modified the surgical strategy for primary hyperparathyroidism in the Meixoeiro Hospital in Vigo (Pontevedra, Spain).
Design: An observational, analytic, historic cohort study was performed. Two study groups were established.