NCT01956643

Effect of Sham Feeding on Postoperative Ileus After Elective Liver Transplantation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Postoperative ileus is a common after abdominal surgery. Multifactorial etiology such as surgical trauma, bowel manipulation and perioperative opioids contributes to delayed return of normal gut function Chewing gum has recently been used as a form of sham feeding to stimulate acceleration of gut function after abdominal surgery. The investigators hypothesize that sham feeding with chewing gum will accelerate return of gut function after liver transplantation.

Conditions

• Postoperative Ileus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	gum chewing	gum chewing
OTHER	Control	Routine care during NPO

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2013-10-08
• Last updated: 2019-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea