TY - JOUR AU - Son, Young-Gil AU - Kwon, In Gyu AU - Ryu, Seung Wan PY - 2017 TI - Assessment of nutritional status in laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer JF - Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Vol 2 (October 2017): Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Malnutrition is very common in gastric cancer patients and can be detected in up to 85% of patients with gastric cancer. Malnutrition is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stay, poor treatment tolerance, and lower survival rate. Malnutrition also has an impact on quality of life. The early detection of nutritional risk with appropriate nutritional care can significantly reduce patient’s postoperative morbidity and mortality. Because there is no gold standard tool, appropriate tools should be selected and applied depending on one’s institutional conditions. And, it is recommended that nutritional assessment should be achieved for every patient at pre/post-operative period. UR - https://tgh.amegroups.org/article/view/3924