64
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2006
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2008
Post operative laxation (Magnesium Oxide)
20 ml of Magnesium Oxide twice daily from the day after surgery until discharge
Preoperative metabolic conditioning postoperative nutritional supplementation
Nutricia PreOP drinks 800 ml between 8-10 pm the evening before surgery Nutricia PreOP drinks 400 ml completed 2 hours before anaesthesia on the morning of surgery Nutricia Fortisip drinks 2 x 200 ml drinks from the day after surgery until day 30
Standard ERAS group
University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
NHS Lothian
OTHER_GOV
University of Edinburgh
OTHER