Health-related quality of life and cost-effectiveness analysis of gum chewing in patients undergoing colorectal surgery: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Madhuri PattamattaBoudewijn J J SmeetsSilvia M A A Evers Harm J T Rutten Misha D P Luyer Mickaël J C Hiligsmann

Published in: Acta chirurgica Belgica (2018)

Reducing POI and AL via gum chewing reduced costs for ward stay, but did not affect overall in-hospital costs, HRQoL, or mapped utilities. More studies with adequate sample sizes using validated questionnaires at standardized time points are needed.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
healthcare
acute care
case control
emergency department