Result Control patients passed flatus by mean of
2.7 days (SD 1.0) and faeces by 3.9 days (SD 1.5); for
the treatment group, this was 2.4 days (SD 1.0) and
3.2 days (SD 1.5) respectively, (NS, P ¼ 0.56 and
P ¼ 0.38). Length of hospital stay was 11.1 days
(SD 7.3) in control group and 9.4 days (SD 2.5) in the
treatment group