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Routine preoperative mechanical bowel preparation with additive oral antibiotics is associated with a reduced risk of anastomotic leakage in patients undergoing elective oncologic resection for colorectal cancer

BACKGROUND: Anastomotic leakage (AL) following colorectal resection is a serious issue. AL in oncologic patients might negatively affect the overall survival. Recently, mechanical bowel preparation with additive oral antibiotics (MBP + AB) prior to surgery has been suggested as a means of reducing A...

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Autores principales: Ambe, Peter C., Zarras, Konstantinos, Stodolski, Maciej, Wirjawan, Ingfu, Zirngibl, Hubert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30651119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-019-1563-2