Does Preoperative Gum Chewing Reduce Postoperative Sore Throat?
- 2025-08
- RCT · n = 72
- Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses 40(4)
- Aliye Okgün Alcan
- Dilek Akdağ
- Hakan Aygün
- Eyüp Kebabçı
- PubMed: 40019436
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2024.10.019
- High evidence
- Clinical
throat dryness in the propolis group was significantly lower at the first (P: .046) and second (P: .023) hour after surgery compared to the other groups.
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- mastic-flavored sugar-free gum (details of dose not specified)