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KMID : 0356720130290060248
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Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
2013 Volume.29 No. 6 p.248 ~ p.251
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Effect of Gum Chewing on the Recovery From Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery
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Hwang Duk-Yeon
Kim Ho-Young
Kim Ji-Hoon
Lee In-Gyu
Kim Jun-Ki
Oh Seung-Taek
Lee Yoon-Suk
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Abstract
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Purpose: We aimed to examine the effect of gum chewing after laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.
Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery in Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine. We divided the patients into 2 groups: group A consisted of 67 patients who did not chew gum; group B consisted of 65 patients who chewed gum. We analyzed the short-term clinical outcomes between the two groups to evaluate the effect of gum chewing.
Results: The first passage of gas was slightly earlier in group B, but the difference was not significant. However, the length of hospital stay was 6.7 days in group B, which was significantly shorter than that in group A (7.3 days, P = 0.018).
Conclusion: This study showed that length of postoperative hospital stay was shorter in the gum-chewing group. In future studies, we expect to elucidate the effect of gum chewing on the postoperative recovery more clearly.
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KEYWORD
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Chewing gum, Colorectal neoplasms, Laparoscopy, Sham feeding
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