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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The time of bowel sound recovery (41. 027. 52 hours, 44. 026. 23 hours), gas passage time by anus (49. 906. 95 hours, 51. 325. 12 hours) and the bowel movement time (58. 226. 71 hours, 60. 913. 72 hours) in both traditional Chinese medicine and the western medicine group were significantly reduced compared with the control group (54. 625. 51 hours, 64. 689. 47 hours, 78. 207. 11 hours, all P < 0. 01), and the days in hospital (5. 11. 7 days, 5. 01. 5 days) were shortened significantly compared with the control group (8. 91. 4 days, both P < 0. 01).