Effects of ramosetron on the postoperative bowel function recovery
- Conditions
- Not Applicable
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 81
Patients, aged 20 to 70, scheduled for elective laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy
American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1 or 2
Functional gastrointestinal disease
Medication affecting gastrointestinal motility
Administration of antiemetic medication within 24 h before surgery
Addiction to opioids
Pregnancy or breast-feeding
Body mass index =30 kg/m2
Additional operative procedures other than gastrectomy or gastrointestinal anastomosis
Conversion to open gastrectomy
Postoperative leakage at the anastomosis site
Duration of operation >5 h
Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
Severe cardiovascular, renal, or hepatic disease
Inability to communicate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to the first passage of flatus
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to the first passage of feces;Time to soft diet intake;Postoperative nausea/vomiting;Postoperative pain;Headache, dizziness