Does Sugared or Sugar Free Chewing Gum Reduces Postoperative Ileus After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-02-01
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Summary
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now very common procedure to remove the gall bladder from
abdomen. After this procedure many patients suffer from the non functioning of intestine and
stomach which is very common after any abdominal surgery. Many efforts tried to reduce this
non functioning period or postoperative ileus but non of them was superior later on. The
investigators want to evaluate the role of chewing gum for reducing postoperative ileus. The
investigators hypothesis is that Chewing gum after laparoscopic cholecystectomy reduces
postoperative ileus and sugared preparations are more effective to reduce it.