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This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Effect of coffee on the length of postoperative ileus after elective laparoscopic left-sided colectomy: a randomized, prospective single-center study. Dis Colon Rectum 2015; 58: 1064-1069.

Published: 29th March 2016

Authors: Dulskas A, Klimovskij M, Vitkauskiene M, Samalavicius N

Conclusion

In this study that included 105 procedures, time to first bowel movement was shortest after decaffeinated coffee (3 days, P<0.05) compared to caffeinated coffee (3.75 days) or water (4.14 days).

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