Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2021
Impact of drinking Chinese green tea on postoperative short outcomes for gastric cancer: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Nutrition Interventions in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Symptoms during Cancer Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of therapeutic means for postoperative ileus: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing iIndications for herbal medicinal products: a comparative analysis of EMA monographs and database records.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Postoperative Coffee Consumption on Postoperative Ileus after Abdominal Surgery: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Tea-derived natural nanodrug simultaneously enables real-time fluorescent tracking and noninvasive treatment of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
- Post-surgical diets in the ERAS protocol: D-ERAS scoping review.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Bridging Traditions: Integrating TCM Into ERAS for Enhanced Gastrointestinal Recovery -A Scoping Review.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Article
- Impact of Green Tea Consumption on Postoperative Ileus in Colon Cancer Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Cureus · 2024Article
- Caffeine, Postoperative Delirium And Change In Outcomes after Surgery (CAPACHINOS)-2: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2023Article
- The effect of probiotics on surgical outcomes in patients with gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
- Improvement of postoperative quality of life in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: does tea consumption have a role?BMC public health · 2022Article
- Commentary on: Impact of drinking Chinese green tea on postoperative short outcomes for gastric cancer: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundEarly intake after surgery can decrease postoperative ileus. Several studies show coffee can stimulate bowel activity and be safe in patients after elective colectomy, mainly due to caffeine. It was postulated that drinking Chinese green tea as rich caffeine beverage after subtotal distal gastrectomy accelerates postoperative recovery in patients.
methodThis was a single-centre parallel open-label randomized trial. Patients with gastric cancer undergoing robotic or laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy were randomly allocated to receive drinking Chinese green tea (GT group) or potable water (PW group) after surgery. The primary endpoint was the time to gastrointestinal function recovery and tolerance of solid food, and the secondary endpoints included the incidence of postoperative complications, symptoms of postoperative adverse reaction, length of stay, pain as assessed by analgesic consumption and a visual analogue scale, and fatigue as assessed by a fatigue score model.
resultsA total of 80 patients were recruited, 40 to each group. Patient characteristics were similar in both groups. The GT group showed significantly shorter time to gastrointestinal function recovery compared with PW group to first flatus (47.23 ± 13.46 vs. 76.96 ± 20.35, P < 0.001), first bowel motion (78.70 ± 25.77 vs. 125.76 ± 36.25, P < 0.001) and tolerance of solid food (62.20 ± 16.15 vs. 98.66 ± 20.15, P < 0.001).
conclusionDrinking Chinese green tea after robotic or laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy is safe and promotes postoperative recovery of gastrointestinal function, also was an add method with strengthening analgesia and anti-inflammatory effect in the presence of the Enhance Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program. Registration number: ChiCTR1800018294 ( http://www.chictr.org.cn ).
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