Table 1

Postoperative Protein Balances


Days
 Average Daily Protein
Hours to
Operation
 Age
 Fed
 Catabolized
 Fed
 Balance
 (+) Balance
1. Abdomino-perineal Resection
 79
 2
 88
 163
 + 75
 15
2. Abdomino-perineal Resection
 83
 4
 93
 149
 + 56
 4
3. Abdomino-perineal Resection
 29
 2
 35
 41
 + 6
 24
4. Abdomino-perineal Resection
 17
 2
 101
 118
 + 17
 8
5. Sigmoid Resection
 60
 2
 104
 122
 + 18
 26
6. Sigmoid Resection
 69
 2
 78
 100
 + 22
 7
7. Sigmoid Resection
 76
 2
 42
 77
 + 35
 6
8. Sigmoid Resection
 55
 2
 43
 133
 + 90
 22
9. Sigmoid & Bladder Resection
 45
 2
 85
 86
 + 1
 18
10. Vagotomy
 41
 1
 88
 100
 + 17
 7
11. Vagotomy
 64
 2
 104
 154
 + 50
 6
12. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty
 70
 4
 68
 150
 + 82
 24
13. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty
 45
 2
 84
 100
 + 16
 18
14. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty
 60
 2
 85
 136
 + 51
 6
15. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty
 57
 2
 106
 189
 + 83
 6
16. V & P + Gastrectomy
 38
 2
 31
 85
 + 54
 20
17. V & P + Gastrectomy + G.B.
 60
 2
 98
 104
 + 6
 10
18. Hysterectomy
 45
 2
 51
 74
 + 23
 6
19. Cholecystectomy
 49
 2
 65
 72
 + 7
 24
20. Cholecystectomy
 48
 1
 49
 200
 +151
 2
21. Cholecystectomy
 38
 2
 82
 86
 + 4
 17
22. Ileostomy Revision
 32
 1
 38
 140
 +102
 7
23. Ovarian Cystectomy
 56
 2
 45
 99
 + 54
 23
24. Colostomy Closure
 62
 1
 54
 190
 +136
 4

(Data presented at the 1963 Surgical Forum – American College of Surgery [6])

Moss Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research 2009 3:3   doi:10.1186/1750-1164-3-3
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