Oral antibiotics and a low-residue diet reduce the incidence of anastomotic leakage after left-sided colorectal surgery: a retrospective cohort study.
Takafumi NakazawaMasashi UchidaTakaaki SuzukiKohei YamamotoKaori YamazakiTetsuro MaruyamaHideaki MiyauchiYuta TsuruokaTakako NakamuraYuki ShikoYohei KawasakiHisahiro MatsubaraItsuko IshiiPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2022)
Oral antibiotics and a low-residue diet reduced the incidence of anastomotic leakage and shortened the postoperative hospital stay by 1 day.