Nutritional Strategies for Perioperative Patients

Dear Colleagues,

The proposed Special Issue “Nutritional Strategies for Perioperative Patients” aims to highlight the critical yet often underrecognized role of nutritional management before, during, and after surgery. Surgical outcomes depend not only on the technical procedure but also on the patient’s metabolic and nutritional reserve. Patients with compromised nutritional status, such as malnourished or obese patients, tend to experience worse postoperative morbidity, longer hospital stays, and delayed recovery. Growing evidence supports the use of structured perioperative care models that integrate nutritional screening, individualized prehabilitation, and tailored postoperative feeding protocols. This is particularly relevant in complex cases, such as patients with renal dysfunction or oncological disease, where organ-specific metabolic demands must be considered in nutritional planning. Developing a unified nutritional framework requires bridging nephrology, oncology, surgery, dietetics, and rehabilitation. For this reason, a multidisciplinary team approach is essential, ensuring that nutrition is not overlooked but recognized as a predictive and modifiable factor that can significantly improve postoperative outcomes.

This Special Issue aims to collect relevant manuscripts focusing on optimizing perioperative nutritional management to improve patient surgical outcomes. Submissions can include, but are not limited to, original research and review articles.

Dr. Francesco Trevisani
Guest Editor

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