Meng 2014.

Methods	Randomised clinical trial, China
Participants	64 hospitalised adults with hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis, at nutritional risk due to hepatectomy Male:Female = 39:25 Mean age = 51 years Exclusion criteria: none specified
Interventions	Enteral nutrition suspension (TP‐MCT) 500ml (1 bottle/day) orally on 3rd preoperative day, using jejunal nutrient canal with 500 ml normal saline during operation for 12 hrs, and enteral nutrition suspension (TP‐MCT) 1000 ml on postoperative days 2 to 4; Based on co‐intervention. Total treatment duration was 7 days.(n = 55) Control: treatment as usual (n = 54)
Outcomes	Biomarkers, adverse events, complications
Study dates	Not stated
Notes	We tried to contact the authors by phone and by email: mengfl.123@163.com. We received no reply.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Random‐number table
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Participants and personnel were not blinded.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	The number of participants with incomplete data was not described.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	No protocol but the trial reported on all‐cause mortality and serious adverse events.
For‐profit bias	Unclear risk	It was unclear how the trial was funded.
Other bias	Low risk	The trial appeared to be free of other components that could put it at risk of bias.