Preventive effect of daikenchuto, a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, on onset of ileus after gynecological surgery for malignant tumors.
Fumie OyamaMasayuki FutagamiTatsuhiko ShigetoRie MiuraYuuki OsawaMaika OishiHiroe OikiriMinako YokoyamaAnna TakabayashiYoshihito YokoyamaPublished in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology (2020)
Results suggest that DKT prevents development of serious ileus after gynecological surgery for malignant tumors and therefore contributes to improvement in patients' QOL.