Is mechanical bowel preparation mandatory for elective colon surgery? A prospective randomized study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-288

  Ram, Edward ^a,b   Sherman, Yevgeni ^a   Weil, Ruben ^a   Vishne, Tali ^a   Kravarusic, Dragan ^a   Dreznik, Zeev ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Nazareth Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; ENEMA; LAXATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; COLON MOTILITY; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; LARGE INTESTINE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CATHARTICS; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHOSPHATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 16244381187     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.3.285     Document Type: Article

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