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Analysis of nutritional parameters in idiopathic scoliosis patients after major spinal surgery

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 59, pages 720–722 (2005)Cite this article

Abstract

Objective:

The aim of the study is to investigate the evolution of nutritional parameters after major spinal surgery in patients with idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods:

This retrospective study included 31 patients with a mean age of 18 y, diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis. The following variables were analyzed: demographic, surgical (type, number of fused segments, duration, and blood loss), nutritional assessment (proteins, albumin, prealbumin, transferrin, lymphocytes, and body mass index), and duration of hospitalization at different time points. Statistical analyses were performed with the SPSS 6.1 software.

Results:

Before surgery, nutritional status was normal in all patients. At 24–48 h after surgery, statistically significant decrease with respect to preoperative values was recorded for all the parameters studied: proteins (P<0.001), albumin (P<0.001), prealbumin (P<0.01), transferrin (P<0.001), and lymphocytes (P<0.001).

Conclusion:

Our results showed a significant postoperative decrease in the nutritional parameters analyzed in a previously well-nourished population considered to be at low risk for nutritional depletion.

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We thank Celine L Cavallo for translating the text.

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  1. Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Area de Traumatología, Barcelona, Spain

    M P Lalueza & S Clemente

  2. Anesthesiology Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Area de Traumatología, Barcelona, Spain

    M J Colomina & C Godet

  3. Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery Department, Spine surgery Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Area de Traumatología, Barcelona, Spain

    J Bagó

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Contributors: Protocol design: MPL, MJC and JB; Data analysis: JB, MPL and SC; Manuscript preparation: MPL and MJC; Subject inclusion: JB and CG; and Data collection: SC, MJC and SG.

Abstract presented as a poster during the Congress Euroanaesthesia 2003 (Joint Meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists and European Academy of Anaesthesiology, Glasgow, Scotland, May-June 2003 and abstract published in: European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2003; 20 (suppl 30): S144.

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Lalueza, M., Colomina, M., Bagó, J. et al. Analysis of nutritional parameters in idiopathic scoliosis patients after major spinal surgery. Eur J Clin Nutr 59, 720–722 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602126

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