Postoperative diet in each country Keniji Iriyama, MD Department of Surgery Kuwana City Hospital, Mie, Japan The purpose of this symposium is to discuss or get knowledge about postoperative diet control in each country, in particular, in the early phase after surgery for digestive organs. It is not exaggerated to say that recovery of patients to the condition being able to eat ordinary regular foods is one of the ultimate purposes for us, surgeons. In case becoming such a case, patients as well as surgeons feel happy. Meal habits are influenced by regional or traditional food culture, religion, and economical situations. As the keynote speech of this symposium, menu for patients in an early phase of postoperative period in Japan will be shown concentrating on patients underwent gastric resection. Menu after gastric resection is a standard of postoperative food management of various kinds of surgery in Japan. We are looking forward to learning various kinds of way about postoperative diet management from each country, focusing on menu in the early phase after surgery. From "The 8th Congress of the PENSA Programme & Abstract" Kochi, Japan, November 5-7, 2002 Page : 34