Postoperative feeding practices and nutritional intake in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing surgery with flap tissue transfer reconstruction: a scoping review
Florence Cook, Ashwa Saeed, Roganie Govender, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, S Ramani Moonesinghe · 2026
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Description
Florence Cook and co-authors map in 2026 how head and neck cancer patients are fed after flap reconstruction surgery. After such surgery patients start on tube feeding with nothing by mouth, then transition back to eating, a phase few reviews had charted. The scoping review screened over five thousand records and kept thirty-six papers.
Tubes went in before, during, or after surgery, as nose tubes or stomach tubes, with feeds ideally starting within a day. Stomach tube placement hinged on tumor site and stage, age, and prior treatment. The synthesis lays out transition practices and where the nutritional evidence runs thin.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Florence Cook, Ashwa Saeed, Roganie Govender, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, S Ramani Moonesinghe |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 200 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |