title: [Mechanical preparation of the colon with sodium picosulfate].
abstract: We tested the laxative sodium picosulfate for mechanical bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery. The quality of this preparation was assessed on a visual analog scale on 277 patients who were then followed prospectively for wound and intraabdominal infectious complications for 42 days. Picosulfate preparation resulted in a complication rate similar to whole gut irrigation but was more acceptable for the patients and the nurses.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cornu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mosimann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002400:Cathartics; D002951:Citrates; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D010847:Picolines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics; D002951:Citrates; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010847:Picolines; C005701:picosulfate sodium
vernacular_title: Préparation mécanique du côlon au picosulfate de sodium.