background: the aim of this prospective, randomized, single-blinded study was to compare the effects of a carbohydrate drink 400 ml given 2 h before the surgery with preoperative overnight fasting on the gastric ph and residual volume, postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) and antiemetic consumption in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. materials and methods: forty american so...

Background and aim "Fast-Track Surgery" is an interdisciplinary multimodal perioperative treatment that includes intra-operative anesthesia and post-operative analgesia using drugs and ways of administration as thoracic epidural analgesia and lidocaine infiltration of the incisions for post-operative pain relief, in combination with the immediate mobilization of the patient, the early oral nutr...

An optimal nutritional state is an important consideration in providing successful operative outcomes. Unfortunately, many aspects of surgery are not constructive to providing this. In addition, the metabolic and immune response to injury induces a catabolic state and insulin resistance, a known risk factor of post-operative complications. Aggressive insulin therapy post-operatively has been sh...

Nutrition in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is an important part of treatment protocol. A detailed study published guidelines necessary to prevent pre-operative malnutrition and sustain peri-operative nutrition such patients. In this review, we discuss propose recommendations based on established suit the Indian population with different GI cancers (gastric, esophageal, pancreatic, colorectal hep...