None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study assess the role of chewing gum in pediatric post operative ileus(POI) following stoma closure.
Interventions
In this study ,we will use hilal bubble gum which is a standard company manufacturing standard gums nationally. There will 2 arms.one arm will receive chewing gum 24 hours post operatively(intervention) every 3 hours, for 3 days. After every 3hours mother or care giver is advised to collect amount of un used gum, which will be recorded every 12 hours. Gum will be provided free of cost. while another arm will not receive it. Same age and disease groups will be selected for the study.
Sponsors
Aftab welfare trust
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
7 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
children planned for stoma reversal, older than 7 years and less than 18 years.
Exclusion criteria
i. patients with documented allergies to the contents of chewing gum. ii. Patients with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus disease at the time of surgery. iii. Patients who will be unconscious or unable to chew gum after 24 hours post-surgery.
Outcome results
None listed