M-A: Strategies for antibiotic administration for bowel preparation among patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery – “the addition of oral antibiotics to intravenous antibiotics was associated with a reduction in the incidence of incisional surgical site infection by more than 50%”.
26 Oct, 2021 | 01:42h | UTCStrategies for Antibiotic Administration for Bowel Preparation Among Patients Undergoing Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Network Meta-analysis – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentaries:
Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery: Have All Questions Been Answered? – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Oral Abx Cut Surgical Site Infections in Colorectal Surgeries — Network meta-analysis finds over 50% SSI reduction with addition of oral to IV antibiotics – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
Network meta-analysis demonstrates that use of oral antibiotics in addition to IV antibiotics greatly reduce the incidence of incisional SSI in elective colorectal surgery https://t.co/pUoWzsmm56
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) October 22, 2021