Does mechanical massage of the abdominal wall after colectomy reduce postoperative pain and shorten the duration of ileus? Results of a randomized study

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-49

  Le Blanc Louvry, Isabelle ^a   Costaglioli, Bruno ^a   Boulon, Catherine ^a   Leroi, Anne Marie ^a   Ducrotte, Philippe ^a   Sax, H C ^b   Bass, B L ^b   Sarr, M G ^b  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b Hôpital Charles Nicolle ^*

Author keywords

Colectomy; Mechanical massage; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; MASSAGE; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; OPERATION DURATION; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036365558     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(01)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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