ReviewThe British journal of surgery2020
Bowel preparation under siege.
Review in The British journal of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Trial
- Prevention of anastomotic leak in rectal cancer surgery with local antibiotic decontamination: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled single center trial.International journal of colorectal disease · 2020Trial
- Preparing the Bowel for Surgery in the Era of Microbiome Sciences.The Surgical clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Management of giant inguinal hernia; report of four cases and review of literature.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Review
- Perioperative Considerations for the Surgical Treatment of Crohn's Disease with Discussion on Surgical Antibiotics Practices and Impact on the Gut Microbiome.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- What Is the Role of the Gut in Wound Infections?Advances in surgery · 2023Review
- Article
- Guide to Enhanced Recovery for Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery: ERAS for Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery with or Without HIPEC.Annals of surgical oncology · 2021Article
- Anastomotic Leak: Toward an Understanding of Its Root Causes.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021Review
- Oral antibiotic bowel decontamination in open and laparoscopic sigmoid resections for diverticular disease.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Article
- Patient Acceptance of Routine Serial Postoperative Endoscopy Following Low Anterior Resection (LAR) and Its Ability to Detect Biomarkers in Anastomotic Lavage Fluid.World journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Innovative approaches for induction of gastrointestinal anastomotic healing: an update on experimental and clinical aspects.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Review
- Bowel preparation in colorectal surgery: the day of reckoning is here.The British journal of surgery · 2021Article
- A Review of Bowel Preparation Before Colorectal Surgery.Annals of coloproctology · 2021Review
- The Biology of Anastomotic Healing-the Unknown Overwhelms the Known.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020Review
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Abstract
An analysis of the results and conclusions from the most recent RCTs of the role of mechanical bowel preparation before colonic surgery is presented. The results indicate a wide disparity in the methods, results and conclusion of these studies, and the lack of microbial culture confirmation to advance understanding of how to move the field forward. Controversy on bowel preparation in colorectal surgery.
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