Publications by authors named "Lena Wehle"
Article Synopsis
- Patients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery face increased metabolic risk and may experience malnutrition, prompting guidelines to recommend needle catheter jejunostomy (NCJ) for enteral feeding to prevent weight loss.
- A study analyzed 102 patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers who had NCJ placed during surgery, assessing nutritional parameters and clinical outcomes at follow-up visits.
- Findings showed that NCJ placement was safe with no severe complications; however, it did not substantially improve nutritional status, as patients experienced significant weight loss and decreased phase angle in the early postoperative period, stabilizing by 4-6 months post-surgery.
