Does Sugared or Sugar Free Chewing Gum Reduces Postoperative Ileus After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
• Treatments: Atracurium; Cefuroxime; Cefuroxime axetil; Ketorolac; Midazolam; Propofol; Sevoflurane

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstone disease.

2. Patients with age range of 25 to 55 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. H/O chronic illness like DM, IHD, CRF, CLD

2. Immunocompromised patients.

3. Previous history of any chemotherapy or radiotherapy, any history of repeated infections, pneumonia.

4. Patients with H/O concurrent intestinal illnesses like Tuberculosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, acute or chronic diarrhea, constipation etc.

5. Previous hepatobilliary surgery.

6. H/O use of antispasmodics, or drugs affecting the intestinal motility within last 72 hours before and after surgery (tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics)

7. Patients who develop the postop complications like wound infection, intra-abdominal collections etc.

8. Complicated cholecystectomy in which laparoscopic cholecystectomy is converted to open cholecystectomy.

9. Cholecystectomy in which the biliary leakage was complication, either in the drain or later on detected via ultrasound