Postoperative rehydration.
Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) by the enteral route was compared with intravenous ORT in a group of patients undergoing cholecystectomy. Rehydration was successfully accomplished in both groups; however, enteral rehydration was more comfortable, more economical, and caused fewer complications than the intravenous infusion. When the study was expanded to patients undergoing colonic surgery, the results were encouraging; enteral ORT in patients undergoing gastric or duodenal surgery was less successful.
Dr. Gray's Hospital, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland.
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D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period