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In the case of post operation nutritional maintenance in oral and maxillofacial region, enteral tube nutrition (T-330) mainly containing di-and tripeptide was applied for a week from the day after operation. Administered cases were 6 cases for mandibular/maxillary bone fracture, 2 cases for mandibular protrusion, and 1 case for temporomandibular joint ankylosis.
The results concerning plasma amino acid, serum albumin, and total protein were as follows :
1. In all cases, plasma amino acid after a week of administration of T-330 showed an increasing tendency when compared to that of preoperation. Furthermore plasma aminograms were well-balanced.
2. Serum albumin, serum total protein and fisher ratio in postoperation (7 days) showed no significant difference when compared to those in preoperation. Each examination value was within the normal limit.
3. Plasma 3-methylhistidines were N. D. (non-detective) but within the normal limit both in pre-and postoperation.
4. The results in fresh fractured mandibule/maxilla (6 cases) and comparatively older fractured mandibule (1 case) had the same tendency as those mentioned above.
From the above-mentioned results, we concluded that T-330 could be a suitable source of nitrogen for nutritional maintenance of the patient operated on for oral-maxillofacial diseases.
