Effect of Chewing Gum on Abdominal Distension in Patients After Lumbar Spine Surgery

Peking University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lumbar Spondylosis

Treatments: Procedure: Gum chewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04970732

M2018051

Details and patient eligibility

About

According to chewing gum can promote the recovery of gastrointestinal function, it is used as an intervention measure for patients after lumbar surgery to evaluate the effect of chewing gum on improving abdominal distension of patients after lumbar surgery, so as to provide basis for the application and promotion of chewing gum in lumbar postoperative nursing

Full description

In this study, the patients after lumbar surgery were given chewing gum after anesthesia. The exhaust time, defecation time and the incidence of abdominal distension of the two groups were compared, and the significance of chewing gum in improving abdominal distension after lumbar surgery was discussed

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The subjects aged 18 years or above were able to chew together;
• Good at listening, speaking, reading and writing;
• Lumbar degenerative disease was definitely diagnosed;
• General anesthesia was used;
• Methods: posterior lumbar decompression, bone graft fusion and internal fixation;
• No history of gum allergy;

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The patients in the experimental group returned to the ward for general anesthesia, started to wake up for 2 hours, chewed xylitol gum, and the professional nurses distributed it on time every 2 hours on the operation day, then 3 times / day, 15-20 minutes / time, 2 tablets / time. Body position: lateral position. The first anal exhaust stop chewing, normal sleep at night (8 p.m.), do not chew gum. Gum waste must be identified

Treatment:

Procedure: Gum chewing

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received routine nursing after surgery.