Clinical study on preventive effect of taozhi zhipu mixture on postoperative intestinal adhesion

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical effect of Taozhi Zhipu Mixture (TZM) in preventing postoperative intestinal adhesion. METHODS: Three hundred and ninety-six patients who had received abdominal operation were randomly divided into the treated group (188 cases) and the control group (208 cases). Same treatment was given to both groups excepting that the treated group received TZM orally or by nasogastric tube. The time of borborygmus recovering and first passing of flatus-defecation after operation was recorded. Patient's gastro-intestinal motion was observed by isotope tracing with I131 capsule. The frequency and intensity of borborygmus were measured by a tracer. All patients had been followed up for 2-3 years. RESULTS: The recovery of borborygmus, the first passing of flatus-defecation were much earlier, the I131 capsule passed gastro-intestinal tract more quickly, and tracer showed higher frequency and intensity of borborygmus in the treated group than those in the control group. Follow-up study also showed the treated group was better than the control group in the non-adhesion rate and the total effective rate (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: TZM has good effect on stimulating postoperational gastro-intestinal peristalsis and preventing the occurrence of postoperational intestinal adhesion.