Gum chewing to prevent postoperative ileus after abdominal surgery; A multi-centre randomised single- blinded study.
Completed
- Conditions
- gastrointestinal hypomotilityileus1001794310017998
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36453
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 2000
Inclusion Criteria
abdominal surgery
adult
Exclusion Criteria
not able to obtain informed consent
children
acute surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>length of hospital stay</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>complications untill 30 days postoperatively<br /><br>time to flatus<br /><br>time to defaecation<br /><br>time to tolerance of normal diet<br /><br>postoperative pain</p><br>