Bowel preparation for colorectal surgery
โ Scribed by R. J. Heald
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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To determine whether mechanical bowel preparation influences the inddence of anastomotic dehiscence following colorectal surgery, 186 patients undergoing elective left colonic or rectal resection were randomized before surgery to bowel preparation (n=89) or no bowel preparation (n=97). Surgical tech
## Abstract ## Background Mechanical bowel preparation is used routinely before colorectal surgery, but some randomized clinical trials have suggested that it is of no benefit. This study assesses whether such bowel preparation may safely be omitted before elective colorectal surgery. ## Methods