Does Gum Chewing Ameliorate Postoperative Ileus? Results of a Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 773-778

  Matros, Evan ^a   Rocha, Flavio ^a   Zinner, Michael ^a   Wang, John ^a   Ashley, Stanley ^a   Breen, Elizabeth ^a   Soybel, David ^a   Shoji, Brent ^a   Burgess, Anne ^a   Bleday, Ronald ^a   Kuntz, Richard ^a   Whang, Edward ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEWING GUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646083927     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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