Abstract: | Objective To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of early oral feeding in patients with esophagectomy by meta-analysis. Methods We searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EMBSCO, CNKI,Wanfang and VIP database for the literature related to the early oral feeding in patients with esophagectomy from inception to June 2022. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, two reviewers independently screened the literature, extracted the data, and evaluated the literature quality, then, meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results Meta-analysis, included 6 literatures involving 1306 patients, showed the group fo early oral feeding than traditional feeding group, the first time of flatus(MD = 1.11, 95% CI (1.25, 0.96), P < 0.00001), the first defecation time (MD = 1.68, 95% CI (2.13, 1.22), P < 0.00001), incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (RR=0.76, 95%CI (0.58, 0.99), P=0.04), length of postoperative hospital stay (MD=-3.40, 95%CI (-5.30, -1.49), P=0.0005), postoperative quality of life (MD=4.77, 95%CI (2.27, 7.26), P=0.0002), the difference was statistically significant; There was no statistical difference in the incidence of postoperative anastomotic leakage (RR=0.88, 95%CI (0.55, 1.41), P=0.59) and postoperative chylothorax (RR=0.72, 95%CI (0.22, 2.38), P=0.59). Conclusion The meta-analysis results are basically stable and reliable. Early oral feeding after esophagectomy can promote the early recovery of gastrointestinal function, reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications, and do not increase the incidence of postoperative anastomotic fistula and chylothorax, which is safe and effective. |