Response to the Comment on "Perioperative Probiotics or Synbiotics in Adults Undergoing Elective Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials"

Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
² MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.

Comment

Abeed H Chowdhury et al. Ann Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e676-e677.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003759.

¹ Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
² MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.

No abstract available

Comment on

Perioperative Probiotics or Synbiotics in Adults Undergoing Elective Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Chowdhury AH, Adiamah A, Kushairi A, Varadhan KK, Krznaric Z, Kulkarni AD, Neal KR, Lobo DN. Chowdhury AH, et al. Ann Surg. 2020 Jun;271(6):1036-1047. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003581. Ann Surg. 2020. PMID: 31469748
Comment on "Perioperative Probiotics or Synbiotics in Adults Undergoing Elective Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials".
Wu XD, Wu D, Liu Y, Huang W. Wu XD, et al. Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e675-e676. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003762. Ann Surg. 2021. PMID: 31895710 No abstract available.

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