Bowel preparation for elective colon and rectal surgery

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-130

  Katz, Joshua A ^a   Orkin, Bruce A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Antibiotic therapy; Mechanical bowel preparation; Polyethylene glycol; Sodium phosphate; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISACODYL; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITRIC ACID; ENEMA; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLEETS PHOSPHOSODA; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; MEZLOCILLIN; MINERAL OIL; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; PHTHALYLSULFATHIAZOLE; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VISICOL;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTESTINE PREPARATION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038240489     PISSN: 15310043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40590     Document Type: Review

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