Usefulness of sennoside as an agent for mechanical bowel preparation prior to elective colon cancer surgery

Usefulness of sennoside as an agent for mechanical bowel preparation prior to elective colon cancer surgery

Objective: We retrospectively evaluated the usefulness of sennoside as an agent for mechanical bowel preparation prior to elective colon cancer surgery. Methods: A total of 86 patients were given 12 mg of sennoside on the evening prior to resective surgery for colon cancer, followed by intravenous a...

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Main Authors: Keiichiro Ishibashi, Kensuke Kumamoto, Kouki Kuwabara, Naoko Hokama, Toru Ishiguro, Tomonori Ohsawa, Norimichi Okada, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Masaru Yokoyama, Yoshitaka Tsuji, Norihiro Haga, Hideyuki Ishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-04-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:
bowel preparation
colon cancer
sennoside
surgical site infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958412000425

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