# Chewing Gum Facilitates an Earlier Return to Bowel Function in Pediatric Scoliosis Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study

> **NCT02165436** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Alabama at Birmingham** · enrollment: 83 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Scoliosis

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Chewing gum
- **OTHER:** Control

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02165436
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Alabama at Birmingham
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-07
- **Primary completion:** 2013-07
- **Final completion:** 2013-07
- **Target enrollment:** 83 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-06-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02165436

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02165436, "Chewing Gum Facilitates an Earlier Return to Bowel Function in Pediatric Scoliosis Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02165436. Licensed CC0.

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