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- Title
Is mechanical bowel preparation mandatory for left-sided colonic anastomosis? Results of a prospective randomized trial.
- Authors
Zmora, O; Mahajna, A; Bar-Zakai, B; Hershko, D; Shabtai, M; Krausz, M M; Ayalon, A
- Abstract
Preoperative mechanical bowel preparation is aimed to reduce the risk of infectious complications, and its utility is a dogma in left-sided large bowel anastomosis. The aim of this study was to specifically assess whether colocolonic and colorectal anastomoses may be safely performed without preoperative mechanical bowel preparation.
- Publication
Techniques in coloproctology, 2006, Vol 10, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
1123-6337
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10151-006-0266-1