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The Effect of Perioperative Administration of Probiotics on Colorectal Cancer Surgery Outcomes

The perioperative care of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients includes antibiotics. Although antibiotics do provide a certain protection against infections, they do not eliminate them completely, and they do carry risks of microbial resistance and disruption of the microbiome. Probiotics can maintain t...

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Main Authors: Pitsillides, Louise, Pellino, Gianluca, Tekkis, Paris, Kontovounisios, Christos
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8146873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33922897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13051451