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Time to first bowel movement |
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| MBP (n = 56) |
No-MBP (n = 41) |
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| The day after surgery |
2 (3.6%) |
0 |
| Two days after surgery |
7 (12.5%) |
4 (9.8%) |
| Three days after surgery |
9 (16.1%) |
13 (31.7%) |
| Four days after surgery |
9 (16.1%) |
13 (31.7%) |
| More than four days after surgery |
29 (51.8%) |
11 (26.8%) |
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P = 0.03 Fisher's exact test | ||
Jung et al. BMC Surgery 2007 7:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2482-7-5 |
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