Gum chewing slightly enhances early recovery from postoperative Ileus after cesarean section: Results of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 387-391

  Shang, Hongkai ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Tong, Xiaowen ^a   Zhang, Lijun ^b   Fang, Aiming ^b   Hong, Ling ^a  

^a TONGJI HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (China)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Gum chewing; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE SOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEWING GUM;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEWING GUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952922122     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243313     Document Type: Article

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