[Effects of intra-operative colonic irrigation on colonic flora in patients with intestinal obstruction caused by left colonic carcinomas].
We studied the effects of intra-operative colonic irrigation on intestinal bacteria in patients with carcinomatous obstruction of the left colon. The results showed: The floral volume of aerobes and anaerobes in colonic content and mucosa in obstructive patients increased significantly (P < 0.01), but it was reduced obviously by intra-operative colonic irrigation (P < 0.01), reaching the level of that as in the nonobstructive patients who received oral antibiotics and mechanical intestinal preparation.
Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical College, Chongqing.
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D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation