NCT04970732

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

A Randomized Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Chewing Gum in Improving Abdominal Distension After Lumbar Spine Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Peking University Third Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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

Conditions

• Lumbar Spondylosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Gum chewing	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

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-14
• Primary completion: 2020-07-01
• Completion: 2020-07-30
• First posted: 2021-07-21
• Last updated: 2021-07-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China