Early Oral Feeding Versus Traditional Delayed Oral Feeding Post-perforated Peptic Ulcer Repair

Study Design: This study is a single-center, prospective, parallel arm, randomized controlled trial. Patients will be randomly assigned in 1:1 ratio to receive either delayed oral feeding or early oral feeding. Methods: Patients will be randomly assigned into two groups. Group A patients followed an early oral feeding protocol(12 hours), and Group B received delayed oral feeding (72 hours). Outcome parameter : The outcomes are incidence of postoperative complications including Postoperative repair leakage, Infection-related postoperative complications , Number of days of hospital stay and return of bowel function and Diet intolerance.