Studies on postoperative therapy with nasogastric tubes and evaluation of quality of life

o significant difference was observed in the rate of complete healing of the surgical site in patients fed with NGT compared with patients fed with an oral clear liquid diet 14 days postoperatively. In addition, the mean total EHS and the IPR Scale were not significantly different between patients on NGT therapy and patients on an oral clear liquid diet. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the mean OHIP-G 14 total score on postoperative day 5, regardless of NGT feeding or consumption of an oral clear liquid diet.