Recovery Of Bowel Function After Gastrointestinal Surgery Aided By Chewing Gum

In an article recently recommended by Bradley Kropp of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, researchers find chewing gum is a simple solution to the recovery of bowel function after gastrointestinal surgery - a problem that has troubled patients and physicians for decades.Authors of the paper published in Urology evaluated 102 patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery and gave half of them 5 pieces of chewing gum per day after their operation.

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on March 3rd, 2008