title: Should a Scheduled Colorectal Operation Have a Mechanical Bowel Prep, Preoperative Oral Antibiotics, Both, or Neither?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: E Patchen
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Dellinger
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002400:Cathartics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002400:Cathartics