Whole-gut irrigation as a preparation for colorectal surgery.
Whole-gut irrigation was used to prepare 43 patients for colorectal surgery. Antibiotics were used pre-operatively in the first group and added to the irrigation fluid in the second. The condition of the bowel lumen was regarded as perfect or good in 87,2% of cases, and the total sepsis rate was 15,4%. The results are regarded as a significant improvement on conventional methods of bowel preparation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*