Gum chewing promotes bowel motility after a radical retropubic prostatectomy

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-59

  Choi, Hoon ^a   Kim, Jae Heon ^b   Park, Jae Young ^a   Ham, Byeong Kuk ^a   Shim, Ji sung ^a   Bae, Jae Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bowel motility; Gum chewing; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

BOWEL MOTILITY; GUM CHEWING; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY;

AGED; CHEWING GUM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; ILEUS; MALE; MASTICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84894265161     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.12113     Document Type: Article

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