The Effect of Mechanical Bowel Preparation on the Surgical Field in Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgeries: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.

Ugur Kemal Ozturk Sami Acar Serkan Akis Esra Keleş Cihat Murat Alınca Murat Api

Published in: Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research (2022)

The current study revealed that MBP did not improve the intraoperative visualization of the surgical field or the overall ease of surgery. Moreover, MBP had no benefit when operating on patients who had a high BMI. Therefore, we do not recommend routine MBP before laparoscopic gynecological surgeries.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
body mass index
coronary artery bypass
randomized controlled trial
physical activity
electron microscopy