Is mechanical bowel preparation really necessary in colorectal surgery?

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 637-639

  Ahmad, Maqbool ^a   Abbas, Safdar ^a   Asghar, Muhammad Imran ^a  

^a Combined Military Hospital ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Complications; Mechanical bowel preparation

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYGLACTIN; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CATHARTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0347599196     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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