The use of chewing gum for preventing postoperative ileus

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Meyer, Jon Paul ^a,b   Fawcett, Derek ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN; NEUROTENSIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CHEWING GUM; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; FLATULENCE; HORMONE RELEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; NOTE; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM FEEDING; THERAPY EFFECT; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHEWING GUM; HUMANS; ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 36849061687     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07278.x     Document Type: Note

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