25 patients after elective colorectal surgery will be given 100 mg caffeine citrate orally diluted in 50 ml apple flavored water three times per day starting on the morning of postoperative day 1 after surgery until flatus will occur for the first time or to a maximal period time of 7 days, whichever comes earlier.

25 patients after elective colorectal surgery will be given 50 ml apple flavored water three times per day starting on the morning of postoperative day 1 after surgery until flatus will occur for the first time or to a maximal period time of 7 days, whichever comes earlier.

Postoperative Ileus

Caffeine Citrate

Water

Ref 11. Mayo Clinic staff. Caffeine content for coffee, tea, soda and more. [Accessed March 14, 2017]

Hadassah Medical Organization

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The time in hours from end of surgery to first flatus.

The time in hours from end of surgery to first bowel movement.

The time in hours from end of surgery to first solid meal tolerated (the first time the patient is able to eat any food requiring chewing, without vomiting or going back to liquid diet)

The postoperative hospital stay is the number of hours from surgery until discharge. The criteria for hospital discharge include stable vital signs with no febrile morbidity for ≥24 hours, passage of stool, toleration of a solid diet and the absence of other complications.

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