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  • Postoperative ileus (a delay in bowel function) is a common issue after abdominal surgeries, leading to extended hospital stays due to its complex causes.
  • This study aimed to evaluate whether combining gum-chewing with the medication metoclopramide could effectively reduce the duration of postoperative ileus compared to other treatments and a control.
  • Results showed no significant differences in ileus duration among the treatment groups, with slight variations in median hospital stays, suggesting that neither treatment alone provided substantial benefits.

Article Abstract

Background: Postoperative ileus remains the most common cause of prolonged hospital stay after abdominal surgery. Various agents have been tested in the treatment of postoperative ileus but no agent alone has achieved effectiveness as postoperative ileus is of multifactorial aetiology.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of combined use of gum-chewing and parenteral metoclopramide on the duration of postoperative ileus after abdominal surgery.

Materials And Methods: This was a randomised controlled study of patients aged 16-65 years who underwent elective abdominal surgeries. Patients were randomised into a gum-metoclopramide (GM) group, a gum-only (G) group, a metoclopramide-only (M) group and a control (C) group. Patients in the GM group chewed gum and received intravenous metoclopramide, each 8 hourly. In G group, patients chewed only gum, whereas those in M group received only 10mg of intravenous metoclopramide, 8 hourly. To C group, 10 mL of intravenous sterile water was given 8 hourly. Patients were monitored for time to passage of first flatus or faeces. Groups were compared for the duration of postoperative ileus and duration of hospital stay using analysis of variance. Statistical significance was set at a value of <0.05.

Results: Fifty-two out of the 105 recruited patients were eligible for analysis. The male-to-female ratio was 1:1.9 with a median age of 57.0 years (interquartile range [IQR] =16 years). Prolonged postoperative ileus occurred in 9.4% ( 5) of the patients (GM = 2, G = 1, M = 2, C = 0; = 0.604) and was associated with longer duration of nasogastric tube use ( = 0.028). The duration of postoperative ileus was 3 days (IQR = 2), 2.5 days (IQR = 3.3), 4 days (IQR = 1.5) and 3 days (IQR = 2) in the GM, G, M, and C groups, respectively ( = 0.317), whereas the median duration of hospital stay was 7 days (IQR = 3), shortest in G group (6.5 days, IQR = 8) and longest in M group (9 days, IQR = 3) ( = 0.143).

Conclusions: The combined use of gum-chewing and parenteral metoclopramide had no effect on the duration of postoperative ileus following abdominal surgeries in adult surgical patients.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10914106PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jwas.jwas_38_23DOI Listing

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