Daikenchuto for enhancement of bowel movement after open abdominal surgery: a pooled analysis of three randomized controlled trials

Conditions

colon cancer/liver cancer/gastric cancer

Kono T, Shimada M, Nishi M, Morine Y, Yoshikawa K, Katsuno H, Maeda K, Koeda K, Morita S, Watanabe M, Kusano M, Sakamoto J, Saji S, Sokuoka H, Sato Y, Maehara Y, Kanematsu T, Kitajima M.

2019-02-2515 citations

10.1007/s00595-019-01787-9

Efficacy of daikenchuto for the intestinal hypomotility after open abdominal surgery: A pooled analysis of three randomized controlled trials.

Toru Kono, Mitsuo Shimada, Masaaki Nishi, Yuji Morine, Kozo Yoshikawa et al. (18 authors)

Journal of Clinical Oncology2018-02-01

10.1200/jco.2018.36.4_suppl.801

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Data of 862 patients from three clinical trials, JFMC-project number 39-0902, 40-1001 and 42-1002 were pooled.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 122 patients excluded from an analysis.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
the time from the end of surgery (tracheal tube extubation) to the first bowel movement.	—

Countries

Japan

Outcome results