Original Communication Clinical Relevancy Statement

Nutrition support supplemented with ω-3 fatty acids has been more and more widely used in investigating the protective effects on hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury and in inflammatory responses. In this study, we have shown that posttransplant parenteral nutrition support can greatly improve metabolism of protein and nutrition states of patients. ω-3 fatty acid-supplemented parenteral nutrition significantly reduces injury of the transplanted liver, decreases the incidence of infectious morbidities, and shortens posttransplant hospital stay. These findings are clinically relevant for guiding sur-geons in perioperative medications in liver transplantation