Does chewing sugarless gum reduce postoperative ileus in patients following elective intestinal resection?
While chewing sugarless gum after intestinal resection is associated with improved outcomes, adequately powered trials are needed to confirm benefits on clinical complications and cost.
Chewing sugarless gum following elective intestinal resection is associated with improved outcomes. Insufficient data were available to demonstrate a reduced rate of clinical complications or reduced cost. An adequately powered, methodologically rigorous trial of gum chewing is required to confirm if there are any benefits and if these result in differences in clinical outcomes such as infection.
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