Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery: Have All Questions Been Answered?

Olle Ljungqvist¹, Dileep N Lobo^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
² Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
³ MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Comment

Olle Ljungqvist et al. JAMA Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 1;157(1):41-42.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5273.

Olle Ljungqvist¹, Dileep N Lobo^{2

3}

¹ Department of Surgery, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
² Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
³ MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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Strategies for Antibiotic Administration for Bowel Preparation Among Patients Undergoing Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Network Meta-analysis.
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Preparation of the intestine in patients undergoing major large-bowel surgery, mainly for neoplasms of the colon and rectum.
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