Effect of herbal medicine daikenchuto on gastrointestinal symptoms following laparoscopic colectomy in patients with colon cancer: A prospective randomized study

We conducted a prospective randomized study to investigate the effect of daikenchuto (DKT) on abdominal symptoms following laparoscopic colectomy in patients with left-sided colon cancer. Patients who suffered from abdominal pain or distention on postoperative day 1 were randomized to either the DKT...

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Main Authors: Keita Hanada, Toshiaki Wada, Kenji Kawada, Nobuaki Hoshino, Michio Okamoto, Wataru Hirata, Rei Mizuno, Yoshiro Itatani, Susumu Inamoto, Ryo Takahashi, Mami Yoshitomi, Takeshi Watanabe, Koya Hida, Kazutaka Obama, Yoshiharu Sakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332221006697