Chewing gum and postoperative ileus in adults: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-55

  Su'a, Bruce U ^a   Pollock, Terina T ^a   Lemanu, Daniel P ^a   MacCormick, Andrew D ^a   Connolly, Andrew B ^b   Hill, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chewing gum; Ileus; Postoperative; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEFECATION; EMBASE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCEDIRECT; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; ABDOMEN; ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGERY;

CHEWING GUM;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CHEWING GUM; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84922778117     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.12.032     Document Type: Article

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