Preoperative bowel stimulation prior to ileostomy closure to restore bowel function more quickly and improve postoperative outcomes: a systematic review.
Tanja RombeyIoanna Georgiou PanagiotopoulouProf Daniel HindN S FearnheadPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
Despite these promising early results, there is insufficient high-quality evidence to recommend routine implementation of preoperative bowel stimulation in clinical practice. Nevertheless, there is no evidence suggesting that the intervention worsens outcomes or is unsafe, paving the way for rigorous assessment of effectiveness, acceptability and cost-effectiveness within the context of well-designed clinical trials.