The effectiveness of Evodia rutaecarpa hot compress on the recovery of gastrointestinal function after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: A propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study

• Miaoxin Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Miaoxin Huang, Junmiao Li, Lei Cai

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8897-8475

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• Junmiao Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Miaoxin Huang, Junmiao Li, Lei Cai

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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• Wei Huang ,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  ¶‡ WH and YZ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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• Yuling Zhou ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  ¶‡ WH and YZ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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• Lei Cai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Miaoxin Huang, Junmiao Li, Lei Cai

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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• Ming Liu

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: karryliu@mpu.edu.mo

  Affiliation Peking University Health Science Center—Macao Polytechnic University Nursing Academy, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China

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