Outpatient Bowel Preparation For Elective Colon Resection

Th, Le Jemtel; Ae, Timmcke; Jb, Gathright; Tc, Hicks; Fg, Opelka; De, Beck

doi:10.1097/00007611-199705000-00013

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“…Patients may find the procedure embarrassing; it is also time consuming for the nurses. Home administered oral bowel preparation has been reported as safe, cheap, and effective, but no studies have compared home with hospital administration of enemas 1 – 3…”

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A randomised trial of hospital versus home administered enemas for flexible sigmoidoscopy

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A randomised trial of hospital versus home administered enemas for flexible sigmoidoscopy

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Buckley

Bennett

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“…1,16,17 It was also evident from a recent survey that the majority of surgeons are now having their patients do the mechanical bowel prep at home without any apparent increase in wound infection rates or any other complications. 18,19 A suggested mechanical bowel preparation is described in Table 1.…”

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Perioperative Antibiotics

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Harford²

2001

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

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America for elective colon resection is to use a preoperative bowel preparation. This includes a mechanical bowel preparation and antibiotics administered either orally, parenterally, or a combination of both. 1 This article briefly discusses each of these components as well as how they are interrelated. Adjuvant measures are reviewed and recommendations for clinical practice are presented. ABSTRACTThe use of both and oral and systemic antibiotics appears to decrease the rate of postoperative wound infection. Most but not all the studies comparing oral antibiotics alone versus oral plus parenteral antibiotics show a significant reduction in wound infection with a combination of the two. Topical antibiotics seem to confer no advantage over preoperative systemic antibiotics. The use of other adjuvants to prevent wound infections such as the use of filtered blood supplemental oxygen and immunostimulation is discussed.

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