Current approaches to nutrition for surgical patients focus on early oral intake rather than prolonged preoperative fasting or postoperative intravenous nutrition. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols emphasize early oral nutrition to aid recovery, replacing previous standard practices of prolonged preoperative fasting and delayed postoperative feeding. Nutritional management in the ERAS era aims to minimize metabolic stress and catabolism through early oral nutrition rather than fasting or intravenous routes.
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1. Current approach to
perioperative nutrition in the
ERAS age
Dr Ganesh Das
Consultant In-Charge Unit II
Department of Surgical Oncology
SCI
