Effectiveness of Gum Chewing on Ileus in Chinese Colorectal Patients Underwent Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

Shum Nga Fan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Other: bubble gum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02419586

CRC03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Gum chewing group will have less ileus and early resume of bowel motion than control group.

Full description

The standardize surgical techniques, less used of epidural analgesia, early ambulation and used of naso-gastric tube for decompression are aimed to reduce the paralytic ileus after abdominal surgery . Most Western studies have examined and found that gum chewing are able to prevent postoperative ileus or promotes early bowel function after abdominal surgery.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer undergoing laparoscopic resection in in Queen Mary Hospital
• At least 18 years
• Speak Cantonese
• Able to follow study protocol and chewing gum study

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive disability
• Requirement of epidural analgesia
• Requirement of intensive care unit/ High dependency unit care postoperatively
• Inability to chew
• Presence of procedure other than colorectal resection
• Non Chinese

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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92 participants in 2 patient groups

bubble gum chewing and routine care

Experimental group

Description:

Start chewing gum on postoperative day at three times daily with no more than 30 minutes till discharged

Treatment:

Other: bubble gum

routine care

No Intervention group

Description:

Non interventional group will receive existing routine care as usual