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Table 1 Thirty-nine cases of feeding-related bowel necrosis or NOMI after surgery for oncologic indications

From: Non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia associated with enteral feeding after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: report of two cases and review of the literature

Author

Age

Sex

Comorbidity

Diagnosis

Primary surgery

Start of feeding (POD)

Days on feeding

Osmolality of feeding (mOsm/kg)

Maximum rate (ml/h)

Procedure

Surgical findings

Outcome

Zern [11]

81

F

ND

Ovarian cancer

Hysterectomy, colorectomy

0

6

650

100

None

Survival

Brenner [12]

73

M

Hypertension, diabetes

Bladder cancer

Cystectomy

1

10

ND

75

None

Death

Schunn [13]

38

M

ND

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

2

4

490

40

Bowel resection

Entire small bowel necrosis with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

61

F

None

Gastric cancer

Distal gastrectomy

0

9

367

60

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

71

F

Hypertension

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

2

7

310

70

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Death

85

M

None

Pancreatic cancer

Jejunostomy

2

4

300

60

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Death

Rai [14]

58

F

ND

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

1

14

300

100

Laparotomy

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Death

Lawlor [6]

57

M

ND

Esophageal cancer

Esophagectomy

1

3

375

100

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

71

F

ND

Colon cancer

Gastrojejunostomy

2

6

300

50

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

Jorba [7]

70

M

ND

Cholangiocarcinoma

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

1

6

ND

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Death

Messiner [15]

52

ND

ND

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

ND

ND

ND

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

71

ND

ND

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

ND

ND

ND

ND

Laparotomy

Bowel necrosis with inspissated tube feeds

Death

79

ND

ND

Ampullary cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

ND

ND

ND

ND

Laparotomy

Bowel necrosis with inspissated tube feeds

Death

Thaler [16]

74

M

ND

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

2

4

ND

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

Melis [17]

54

F

Hypertension

Esophageal cancer

Esophagectomy

1

6

460

70

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Death

Spalding [4]

76

M

Atrial fibrillation

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

3

300

125

Laparotomy

Proximal jejunum necrosis

Death

65

F

None

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

4

300

75

Laparotomy

Entire small bowel necrosis

Death

55

M

None

Gastric lymphoma

Total gastrectomy

1

17

300

125

Bowel resection

Entire small bowel necrosis

Death

72

M

None

Ampullary cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

1

4

300

75

Laparotomy

Entire small bowel and right colon necrosis

Death

39

M

None

IPMN

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

1

6

300

125

Bowel resection

Partial small bowel ischemia

Survival

55

F

None

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

1

12

460

85

Laparotomy

Entire small bowel necrosis

Death

Sarap [18]

85

M

Hypertension

Gastric cancer

Distal gastrectomy

1

2

ND

25

Laparotomy

Entire small bowel and right colon necrosis

Death

Qureshi [19]

58

M

Myocardial infarction

Esophageal cancer

Esophagectomy

2

1

ND

ND

Laparotomy

Entire small and large bowel necrosis

Death

Al-Taan [3]

ND

ND

ND

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

13

ND

50

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

ND

ND

ND

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

7

ND

55

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Death

ND

ND

ND

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

6

ND

50

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

ND

ND

ND

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

7

ND

52

Laparotomy

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

ND

ND

ND

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

5

ND

50

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

ND

ND

ND

Gastric cancer

Total gastrectomy

1

4

ND

50

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy with inspissated tube feeds

Survival

Sethuraman [20]

70

ND

None

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

ND

ND

ND

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Death

71

ND

Hypertension

Insulinoma

Total pancreatectomy

22

3

375

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Death

72

ND

Atrial fibrillation

Ampullary cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

3

2

620

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

50

ND

Arteriosclerosis obliterans

Pancreatic cancer

Total pancreatectomy

3

9

600

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

69

ND

Hypertension

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

3

10

620

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Death

60

ND

Hyperlipidemia

Esophageal cancer

Esophagectomy

3

3

350

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

55

ND

Hypertension, diabetes

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

3

5

350

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

74

ND

Hypertension, diabetes

Esophageal cancer

Esophagectomy

2

14

350

ND

Bowel resection

Bowel necrosis distal to the jejunostomy

Survival

Our data

75

M

None

Esophageal cancer

Esophagectomy

3

4

700

80

Papaverine

Survival

68

M

Diabetes, atrial fibrillation

Esophageal cancer

Esophagectomy

3

6

400

60

Papaverine

Survival

  1. ND no data, M man, F female, IPMN intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm