Estratégias nutricionais para otimização da cicatrização de feridas operatórias na pessoa idosa: revisão de escopo

Objective: to map the nutritional strategies employed in the healing process of surgical wounds in elderly people. Methods: a scope review was conducted in the following databases: MEDLINE via PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS, Web of Science, SCOPUS, EMBASE, and gray literature sources: Google Scholar and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, in addition to the Consensus AI platform, with no time or language restrictions. Results: of the 4,882 studies identified, 6 met the eligibility criteria and addressed nutritional strategies and surgical wound healing in older adults. Sources included primary and secondary studies, dissertations, and theses. Studies using non-pharmacological technologies were excluded. The main strategies involved oral or enteral supplementation with hypercaloric and hyperprotein formulas enriched with essential micronutrients and the use of supplementation containing immunonutrients (arginine, omega-3, glutamine, and nucleotides). Conclusion: nutritional interventions showed potential to reduce postoperative complications and promote healing in older adults, although the methodological heterogeneity of the studies requires caution in interpreting the results. Contributions to practice: the findings reinforce the importance of individualized planning and the development of nutritional protocols targeted at older adults.