1. Oncologic colorectal surgical site infection: oral or not oral antibiotic preparation, that is the question
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Javier Gómez Sánchez, Carlos Garde Lecumberri, Cristina González Puga, Paola de Castro Monedero, Rocío Forneiro Pérez, Benito Mirón Pozo, and Marisol Zurita Saavedra
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Cathartics ,Rectal Neoplasms ,Colorectal cancer ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Administration, Oral ,Postoperative complication ,Surgical wound ,Antibiotic Prophylaxis ,medicine.disease ,Total mesorectal excision ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Surgery ,Elective Surgical Procedures ,Preoperative Care ,medicine ,Humans ,Surgical Wound Infection ,Antibiotic prophylaxis ,Elective surgery ,Elective Surgical Procedure ,business ,Retrospective Studies ,Abdominal surgery - Abstract
PURPOSE Surgical wound infection is the most frequent postoperative complication in abdominal surgery, especially at the colorectal level. The aim of this study is analysing the results of mechanical colon preparation combined with oral antibiotic versus mechanical colon preparation without antibiotic therapy in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing elective surgery. METHODS This retrospective cohort study had been developed from November 2017 to February 2020. We have included a total of 281 consecutive patients undergoing elective colon and rectal oncological surgeries by the same surgical group using laparoscopic and open approaches. Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) and transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) approaches were excluded. Exposed patients undergoing colon and rectal cancer surgery received mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics with three doses of neomycin 1 g and erythromycin 500 mg the day before surgery. RESULTS The primary outcome was reduction in surgical wound infection rates before and after starting the oral antibiotic therapy from 17 to 6% (p
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- 2021