Abstract：Malnutrition is an important risk factor of postoperative complications which are commonly seen in surgical patients
especially those with gastrointestinal surgeries. Perioperative nutrition especially early feeding after surgery is recommended to enhance
postoperative recovery improve patients′ prognosis and quality of life. In order to carry out perioperative nutritional therapy standardly
and rationally European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ESPEN has released ESPEN Practical Guideline Clinical
Nutrition in Surgery on 1
st
July 2021. The new guideline is shortened and transformed based on the formal one for easier use in clinical
practice. Ranging from general principle to specific diseases the guideline provides 37 recommendations on nutrition treatment for
surgical patients and is complemented with flow charts. Therefore this ESPEN guideline is a practical tool for all professionals
including physicians dieticians nutritionists and nurses during clinical practice.
