Gum chewing: Another simple potential method for more rapid improvement of postoperative gastrointestinal function

Digestion

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Yin, Zi ^a   Sun, Jian ^a   Liu, Ting ^a   Zhu, Yue ^a   Peng, Shuling ^a   Wang, Jie ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal function; Gum chewing; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COLON RESECTION; CYSTECTOMY; EMBASE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GUM CHEWING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTICATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCISEARCH; SPRINGERLINK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHEWING GUM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 84872094669     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342637     Document Type: Article

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