Pre-operative liquid feeding reduces complications following Crohn's disease surgery
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 13:11
in Health & Medicine
Despite improvements in medical care, about two-thirds of patients with Crohn's disease develop complications requiring intestinal surgery, and post-operative healing can be complicated. Clinicians now report that pre-operative optimization of patients with Crohn's disease with exclusive enteral nutrition (liquid nutrition formula) gives better results.