TY - JOUR
T1 - Perioperative bowel habits of women undergoing gynecologic surgery
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Tarr, Megan E.
AU - Klenov, Violet
AU - Tanzy, Margaret E.
AU - Rivard, Colleen L.
AU - McElhinney, Margaret M.
AU - Brubaker, Linda
AU - Mueller, Elizabeth R.
AU - FitzGerald, Mary P.
AU - Kenton, Kimberly
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Objectives: To describe perioperative bowel habits of women undergoing gynecologic surgery. Methods: This prospective cohort study included women undergoing gynecologic surgery. Before surgery, participants completed the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS), a validated instrument describing stool characteristics consistent with transit categories: slow (BSFS 1-2), normal (BSFS 3-5), and fast (BSFS 6-7). For 2 weeks after surgery, the participants recorded daily medications and bowel movements (BM), and completed BSFS. The χ2 test, the Fisher exact test, analysis of variance, t tests, and ordinal regression were used. Results: Preoperatively, most (70%) of 340 women had normal stool transit, with 15% having slow transit and 7% having fast transit. Complete postoperative data were available for 170 (50%). Mean T SD time to first postoperative BM was 2.8 T 1.4 days with transit classification: 48% normal, 32% slow, and 20% fast. Conclusions: Most women had normal stool transit both preoperatively and postoperatively. Time to first BM was longer after open surgery by approximately 3 days.
AB - Objectives: To describe perioperative bowel habits of women undergoing gynecologic surgery. Methods: This prospective cohort study included women undergoing gynecologic surgery. Before surgery, participants completed the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS), a validated instrument describing stool characteristics consistent with transit categories: slow (BSFS 1-2), normal (BSFS 3-5), and fast (BSFS 6-7). For 2 weeks after surgery, the participants recorded daily medications and bowel movements (BM), and completed BSFS. The χ2 test, the Fisher exact test, analysis of variance, t tests, and ordinal regression were used. Results: Preoperatively, most (70%) of 340 women had normal stool transit, with 15% having slow transit and 7% having fast transit. Complete postoperative data were available for 170 (50%). Mean T SD time to first postoperative BM was 2.8 T 1.4 days with transit classification: 48% normal, 32% slow, and 20% fast. Conclusions: Most women had normal stool transit both preoperatively and postoperatively. Time to first BM was longer after open surgery by approximately 3 days.
KW - Bristol Stool Scale
KW - Gynecologic surgery
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U2 - 10.1097/SPV.0b013e3182517fd8
DO - 10.1097/SPV.0b013e3182517fd8
M3 - Article
C2 - 22543766
AN - SCOPUS:84860852557
SN - 2151-8378
VL - 18
SP - 153
EP - 157
JO - Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
JF - Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
IS - 3
ER -