Randomized clinical trial of intravenous soybean oil alone versus soybean oil plus fish oil emulsion after gastrointestinal cancer surgery.

The article focuses on a randomized trial which assessed the clinical efficacy of fish oil emulsion after gastrointestinal cancer surgery. The study included 206 patients with gastrointestinal or colonic cancer who were randomized to receive either isocaloric and isonitrogenous intravenous infusions of either soybean oil alone or soybean plus fish oil emulsion. It found that fish oil emulsion-supplemented parenteral nutrition reduces systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and length of hospital stay.