Xylitol Gum Chewing to Achieve Early Postoperative Restoration of Bowel Motility after Laparoscopic Surgery

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 303-306

  Gong, Yunhui ^a   Zhang, Qianwen ^b   Qiao, Lin ^a   Lv, Donghao ^c   Ruan, Jiaying ^a   Chen, Hongqin ^a   Gong, Junming ^a   Shi, Gang ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chewing gum; gynecologic surgery; laparoscopic surgery; postoperative rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; XYLITOL; CHEWING GUM; SWEETENING AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SOUND; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CHEWING GUM; DEFECATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEETENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; XYLITOL;

EID: 84939546338     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000000174     Document Type: Article

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