Open AccessPerioperative Probiotics or Synbiotics in Adults Undergoing Elective Abdominal Surgery
Author(s) -
Abeed H. Chowdhury,
Alfred Adiamah,
Anisa Kushairi,
Krishna K. Varadhan,
Željko Krznarić,
Anil D. Kulkarni,
Keith Neal,
Dileep N. Lobo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000003581
Subject(s) - medicine , synbiotics , perioperative , randomized controlled trial , abdominal surgery , relative risk , placebo , surgery , incidence (geometry) , colorectal surgery , confidence interval , probiotic , genetics , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , bacteria , optics , biology
To define the impact of perioperative treatment with probiotics or synbiotics on postoperative outcome in patients undergoing abdominal surgery.