Title

Retrospective analysis of preoperative nutritional status and postoperative complications in gastric cancer surgery

Authors

Navaneeth Ranjith¹, Sailesh Kumar² & Gomes Bosco³,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Urology, Caritas Hospital, Kottayam, India; ²Department of General Medicine, Madras Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS), Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Navaneeth Ranjith - E-mail: navu93@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7736415446
Sailesh Kumar - E-mail: sailesh.isk@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9486813072
Gomes Bosco - E-mail: gomesgeorge2011@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8921255157

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

Abstract

The impact of preoperative nutritional status on postoperative complications in patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery. Hence, a total of 137 patients were analyzed using objective nutritional markers including BMI, serum albumin and Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) scores. Patients with poor nutritional status experienced significantly higher rates of surgical site infection, anastomotic leak and prolonged hospital stay. Multivariate analysis confirmed malnutrition as an independent predictor of postoperative morbidity. Thus, we show the importance of early nutritional optimization in gastric cancer surgical candidates.

Keywords

Gastric cancer, preoperative nutrition, postoperative complications, malnutrition, surgical outcomes

Citation

Ranjith et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3035-3038 (2025)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.