Surgical site infection in elective colonic and rectal resections: effect of oral antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation compared with mechanical bowel preparation only.
Amandeep GhumanN KasteelC J BrownA A KarimuddinM J RavalS D WexnerP T PhangPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
Administration of oral antibiotics resulted in significant reduction of superficial and organ space infections after colonic resection; after rectal resection, significant reduction only of superficial infections was found.