Oral Antibiotics Alone versus Oral Antibiotics Combined with Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matching Re-Analysis of the iCral 2 and 3 Prospective Cohorts

Oral Antibiotics Alone versus Oral Antibiotics Combined with Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matching Re-Analysis of the iCral 2 and 3 Prospective Cohorts

The evidence regarding the role of oral antibiotics alone (oA) or combined with mechanical bowel preparation (MoABP) for elective colorectal surgery remains controversial. A prospective database of 8359 colorectal resections gathered over a 32-month period from 78 Italian surgical units (the iCral 2...

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Main Authors: Marco Catarci, Stefano Guadagni, Francesco Masedu, Massimo Sartelli, Leonardo Antonio Montemurro, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Felice Borghi, Pierluigi Marini, Marco Scatizzi, the Italian ColoRectal Anastomotic Leakage (iCral) Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
colorectal surgery
mechanical bowel preparation
oral antibiotics
anastomotic leakage
surgical site infections
morbidity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/13/3/235

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