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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Apr;96(4):995-998.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000055818.64084.41.

Ginger does not prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic surgery

Leopold H J Eberhart  1 , Roswitha Mayer, Oliver Betz, Stergios Tsolakidis, Wolfgang Hilpert, Astrid M Morin, Götz Geldner, Hinnerk Wulf, Wulf Seeling
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Clinical Trial

Ginger does not prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic surgery

Leopold H J Eberhart et al. Anesth Analg. 2003 Apr.

Abstract

The potential antiemetic effect of two different oral doses of the herbal remedy ginger (Zingiber officinale) to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting in 180 patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy was investigated in this randomized, double-blinded trial. Ginger failed to reduce the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting after these procedures.

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