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Letter To The Editors: Early Enteral Nutrition Within 24 H Of Intestinal Surgery Versus Later Commencement Of Feeding: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Emma Osland, Rossita Yunus, Shahjahan Khan, Muhammed Memon

Muhammed Ashraf Memon

Extract:

Dear Dr Lewis, Andersen, and Thomas:
It was with great interest that we read your most recent systematic review and meta-analysis addressing the important issue of early versus later commencement of enteral feeding in gastrointestinal surgery patients.¹ While your 2006 Cochrane review² has clear merit in that it expands on the number of studies and thus the power of your earlier analysis,³ we feel that the present study is essentially a duplication of your Cochrane effort, although with slightly different conclusions.

¹ ² ³ See notes in article.