Effect of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on liver function and inflammatory reaction in patients undergoing hepatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials

Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Chengshuo ZhangJialin Zhang

Abstract

Several studies have investigated the relationship between ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) administration and liver function and inflammatory reaction in patients undergoing liver resection, but the results remain conflicting and inconclusive. Areas covered: In this meta-analysis, a relevant database search was performed to retrieve all the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exploring the effect of ω-3 PUFAs administration in patients undergoing hepatectomy until the end of April 2018. A random effect model was used to conduct this meta-analysis with RevMan 5.3.5 software. The quality of evidence for each postoperative outcome was assessed using the GRADEpro analysis. Expert opinion: 4 RCTs including 553 patients (277 with and 276 without ω-3 PUFAs) were identified. ω-3 PUFAs significantly reduced alanine aminotransferase [Mean difference (MD): -68.82, 95% confidence interval (CI): -108.55 to - 29.08; p = 0.0007]; aspartate aminotransferase (MD: -64.92, 95% CI: -112.87 to -16.98; p = 0.008), white blood cell count (MD: -1.22, 95% CI: -2.15 to -0.29; p = 0.01) and increased the level of pre-albumin on postoperative day 3 (MD: 10.42, 95% CI: 4.84 to 15.99; p = 0.0002). The results indicate that ω-3 PUFAs administration h...Continue Reading

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