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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The recovery time of borborygmus, gas elimination and defecation were shorter in the treatment group as compared with that in the control group (10. 42 + / - 4. 38 h vs. 17. 11 + / - 6. 25 h, 15. 60 + / - 5. 03 h vs. 32. 74 + / - 9. 43 h and 38. 81 + / - 9. 87 h vs. 56. 09 + / - 11. 00 h, respectively) and all the other indexes were better in the treatment group than those in the control group, showing significant difference (P < 0. 01 or P < 0. 05), except the incidence of postoperative infectious complication, it was similar in the two groups.