Preventing prolonged post-operative ileus in gastric cancer patients undergoing gastrectomy and intra-peritoneal chemotherapy

Figure 1 One patient in group B developed biliary vomiting on the 7^th post-operative d. The supine abdominal plain x-ray film showed generalized ileus. (Arrow: dilated colonic air; arrow head: water-soluble contrast media retention in proximal jejunum).

Figure 2 Serial measurement of CRP levels in three groups of patients (group A, with IPC and Met treatment; group B, with IPC but without Met treatment; group C, without IPC and Met) at eight different time points. The change of serum CRP were found to be prominent and prolonged in groups A and B. The data are expressed as mean±SD.