Preoperative mechanical bowel preparation with oral antibiotics reduces surgical site infection after elective colorectal surgery for malignancies: results of a propensity matching analysis

Preoperative mechanical bowel preparation with oral antibiotics reduces surgical site infection after elective colorectal surgery for malignancies: results of a propensity matching analysis

Abstract Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major postoperative complication after colorectal surgery. Current study aims to evaluate prophylactic function of oral antibiotic (OA) intake in combination with mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) relative to MBP alone with respect to postop...

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Main Authors: Purun Lei, Ying Ruan, Xiaofeng Yang, Juekun Wu, Yujie Hou, Hongbo Wei, Tufeng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Bowel preparation
Oral antibiotics
Surgical site infection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-020-1804-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-020-1804-4

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