Gum Chewing After Gynecologic Laparoscopy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postoperative Care
• Interventions: Behavioral: gum chewing

• Registration Number: NCT01549353
• Lead Sponsor: Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Brief Summary

Gum chewing has been reported to stimulate bowel motility after open surgery, such as cesarean section and other abdominal surgeries. In general, after laparoscopic surgery problems with reduced bowel motility are not as common as after open surgery. In this study the investigators test the hypothesis that gum chewing is enhancing rapid return of bowel motility after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery. Further the investigators study patient satisfaction and potential side effects of postoperative gum chewing.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-02-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-06
• Study First Posted: 2012-03-09
• Primary Completion: 2012-08
• Study Completion: 2012-09
• Status Verified: 2012-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 2012-12-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• all gynecologic laparoscopic surgery
• normal level of CA 125 postmenopausal

Exclusion Criteria

• loose teeth
• chronic obstipation
• laparotomy
• operations longer then 3 h

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
chewing gum	gum chewing	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to return to active bowel movements	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay	First active bowel movement is defined as time from operation until first passage of flatus. Time until first defecation will also be measured.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
patient satisfaction with postoperative gum chewing	participants will be followed for the duration of the hospital stay	Satisfaction will be measured with a visual analog scale (1 participant would never chew gum postoperatively again - 10 participant would always like to chew gum postoperatively)
Number of participants with adverse events	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay	All problems that are linked to postoperative gum chewing will be recorded (e.g. vomiting, aspiration,...)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Klinikum Klagenfurt am Woerthersee; 🇦🇹 Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria