A meta-analysis on the effect of sham feeding following colectomy: Should gum chewing be included in enhanced recovery after surgery protocols?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-126

  Ho, Yiu M ^a   Smith, Stephen R ^a,b   Pockney, Peter ^b   Lim, Patrick ^a   Attia, John ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chewing gum; Colorectal surgery; Enhanced recovery after surgery; Sham feeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; COLON RESECTION; FECES; FLATULENCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; SHAM FEEDING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CONVALESCENCE; MASTICATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; PROCEDURES;

PLACEBO; CHEWING GUM;

CHEWING GUM; COLECTOMY; HUMANS; MASTICATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84893453956     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182a665be     Document Type: Article

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