• Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
LI Li, Email: yylaiweijing@163.com
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Objective  We searched and reviewed medical evidence to find the guide of bowel preparation we should choose before large bowel preparation.
Method  Firstly, we put forward clinical questions. Secondly, we searched medical evidence from PubMed, MEDLINE, EMbase, Cochrane Library, Science and ACP in recent 10 years. And then we reviewed the results.
Results  We finally identified 17 literatures including 2 system reviews, 6 meta-analyses and 9 randomized control trials which included 4 multicentre randomized clinical trials. Most of literature suggested that there was no evidence showing the benefit of mechanical bowel preparation (MBP). No MBP before large bowel surgery would not increase rate of anastomotic leakage. On the contrary, MBP may increase the percentage of anastomotic leakage and wound infection. Considering the research with the clinical situation, we produced a new method of simplified MBP to treat the patient. It reached the predictive effect.
Conclusion  No evidence of systematic review and meta-analysis supports the benefit of BMP. The new simplified bowel preparation before surgery in West China Hospital was worthy to test.

Citation: LAI Weijing,WANG Xiaodong,LI Li. Study on the Necessary of Mechanical Bowel Preparation before Large Bowel Surgery. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(9): 1022-1025. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090180 Copy

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