Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Anastomosis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Colorectal surgery is highly associated with septic complications, therefore, multiple
approaches have been used to reduce this complications, one of the most used is mechanical
bowel preparation. Lately multiple studies have suggested that mechanical bowel preparation
might not be necessary.