PERIOPERATIVE NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT OF PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER

The article is devoted to some issues of perioperative nutritional support of patients with colorectal cancer. This group is usually characterized by high proportion of patients with nutritional disorders and impossibility of quick return to usual good nutrition in the early postoperative period. Timely administration of medical nutrition reduces the risks of postoperative complications and death among these patients. Enteral support is associated with lower risk of postoperative complications and should be used in most of the patients.