Background and aims: Nutritional supplements are widely administered in hospitals and can
benefit clinical outcome. The aim here was to determine the effect of routine post-operative
nutritional supplementation on the nutritional status and clinical outcome of adult
orthopaedic patients. Methods: A prospective controlled study was conducted on two adult
orthopaedic wards. Patients in the study group were prescribed two nutritional
supplements/day post-operatively. Nutritional and biochemical indices and incidence of …