Elective intestinal operations in infants and children without mechanical bowel preparation: a pilot study

Preoperative Oral Antibiotics Reduce Septic Complications of Colon Operations

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Mechanical Preparation, Colon Operations, Vigorous Mechanical Cleansing +12

A Survey of Clinical Trials of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Colon Surgery: Evidence against Further Use of No-Treatment Controls

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Effect of Preoperative Neornycin-Erythromycin Intestinal Preparation on the Incidence of Infectious Complications Following Colon Surgery

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Author Information, Literary History, Historical Methodology +9

Colon and Rectal Surgery Without Mechanical Bowel Preparation

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Prospective randomized trial of mechanical bowel preparation in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery

J C M Santos, José Lucas Batista, Mauro Toledo Sirimarco et al. · British journal of surgery · 1994 · 235 citations