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%”.

Strategies 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)

Oral + IV Antibiotics for Bowel Prep Significantly Reduces Surgical Site Infections – Physician’s Weekly

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