Preoperative Bowel Preparation: Surgical Standard or Past? | Zendy

Beat P. MüllerStich | Zendy; Arash Choudhry | Zendy; Gregor Vetter | Zendy; Dalibor Antolovic | Zendy; Arianeb Mehrabi | Zendy; Jörg Köninger | Zendy; Jürgen Weitz | Zendy; Markus W. Büchler | Zendy; Carsten N. Gutt | Zendy

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Preoperative Bowel Preparation: Surgical Standard or Past?

Author(s) -

Beat P. MüllerStich,

Arash Choudhry,

Gregor Vetter,

Dalibor Antolovic,

Arianeb Mehrabi,

Jörg Köninger,

Jürgen Weitz,

Markus W. Büchler,

Carsten N. Gutt

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

digestive surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1421-9983

pISSN - 0253-4886

DOI - 10.1159/000097952

Subject(s) - medicine , bowel preparation , anastomosis , ileostomy , meta analysis , preoperative care , colorectal surgery , randomized controlled trial , surgery , general surgery , colorectal cancer , colonoscopy , abdominal surgery , cancer

Preoperative bowel preparation is still routinely used prior to colorectal surgery. This concept is based on traditional and personal empiricism and usually not evidence based. The objective of the present review was to reassess this dogma against the background of the highest level of evidence published thus far.

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