Relationship between the ways of nutritional support and recovery of immunological function after PTCD in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice

Objective To investigate the factors affecting the recovery of immunological function after bilirubin decreasing interventional therapy in patients with obstructive jaundice.Methods 67 patients with malignant obstructive jaundice were investigated.The patients were randomly divided into the enteral nutrition (EN) group (n =34)and the parenteral nutrition (PN) group (n =33).TBIL,DBIL,TSP,ALB,PA,TF,CD3 +,CD4 +,CD8 +,CD4 +/CD8 + were determined before PTCD and at the 7th day after the procedure.Results Except for 20 patients,the levels of TBIL,DBIL,CD8 + significantly declined,and the levels of TSP,ALB,PA,TF,CD3+,CD4+,CD4+/CD8 + significantly increased in the 2 groups of patients.There was no significant difference in the recovery of liver function and immunological status between the PN and the EN groups.Conclusions The recovery of immunological function was significantly associated with reduction of serum bilirubin in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice.There was no relationship with the ways of nutrition support. Key words: Obstructive jaundice ;  Enteral nutrition ;  Parenteral nutrition ;  Immunological function