They reconnect the ileum of your small intestine to the J-pouch created from the first surgery. Once connected, your waste collects in the J-pouch, so you naturally pass stools through your anus.

Background and Aim Chewing gum proposal has been used in surgery to reduce postoperative ileus for more than 10 years; however, the efficacy remains imprecise. The aim of this study was to ...

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may ...

Then they’ll identify the part of the ileum that they will join with the ... or tape all the surgical cuts in the abdomen. After surgery, your doctor will encourage you to boost your activity ...

Moreover, we included all abdominal surgery and then performed subgroup analysis based on different indication of surgery. There is sufficient evidence of 17 RCTs to conclude that chewing gum ...

And no significant differences were observed for any secondary endpoint, including prolonged postoperative ileus (15.8% vs 14 ... during various types of surgery and has been found to reduce ...