Pre-operative mechanical bowel cleansing or not? An updated meta-analysis

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-310

  Wille Jörgensen, Peer ^a   Guenaga, K F ^b   Matos, D ^b   Castro, A A ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bowel preparation; Cleansing; Colorectal; Pre operative

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON LAVAGE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CATHARTICS; CHILD; COLECTOMY; COLON; ENEMA; FECES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244467541     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00804.x     Document Type: Review

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