Case Report: Case of Wernicke’s encephalopathy complicated by postoperative gastroparesis following sigmoid colon malignant tumor surgery with a literature review
Gastrointestinal dysfunction and poor nutritional absorption after sigmoid colon resection can induce Wernicke's encephalopathy. Early clinical identification of this disease is particularly important. Postoperative nutritional management and monitoring of neurological symptoms should be emphasized to enable timely intervention.
Authors
- Binbin Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-635X)
- Jingjing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-0003)
- Zhengpeng Qian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0052-0975)
- Dewang Wu
- Shiyun Xu
- Chengzhang Zhu
Institutions
- Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Shenyang Anorectal Hospital (CN)
- Gansu Provincial Hospital (CN)
- First Hospital of Lanzhou University (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2026.1715017
- Primary Topic
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00