With respect to thoracotomy and VATS, the change in albumin levels of the patients who underwent thoracotomy was 0.58 ± 0.33 in G1 and 1.04 ± 0.31 in G2 (p < 0.001). The change in albumin levels of the patients who underwent VATS was 0.65 ± 0.27 in G1 and 1.15 ± 0.44 in G2 (p = 0.005) (Table 2).Fig. 1
preoperative nutrition program with immune modulating formulae (enriched with arginine, omega-3 fatty acids and nucleotides)
normal diet
complication development rate