Randomized trial of oral sodium phosphate compared with oral sodium picosulphate (Picolax) for elective colorectal surgery and colonoscopy

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-70

  Yoshioka, K ^a   Connolly, A B ^a   Ogunbiyi, O A ^a   Hasegawa, H ^a   Morton, D G ^a   Keighley, M R B ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel preparation; Colonoscopy; Colorectal surgery; Faecal residue; Picolax, safety and efficacy

Indexed keywords

PICOSULFATE SODIUM; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; SURGEON; VOMITING;

EID: 0034052367     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018802     Document Type: Article

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