This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
A randomized control trial of preoperative oral antibiotics as adjunct therapy to systemic antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in clean contaminated, contaminated, and dirty type of colorectal surgeries. Dis Colon Rectum 2017; 60: 1291-1298.
Published: 17th May 2018
Authors: Anjum N, Ren J, Wang G, Li G, Wu X, Dong H et al.
Conclusion
The addition of oral antibiotics to standard bowel preparation reduced surgical site infection rates from 27.3 to 8.4 per cent (P=0.004) in this study that included 180 procedures.
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