Preoperative Bowel Preparation in Urologic Surgery
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 118 (6) , 955-956
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)58262-2
Abstract
A method is described for the preparation of patients undergoing urologic procedures in which a segment of bowel is used to reconstruct the urinary tract. The combination of mechanical and antimicrobial preparation is effective in the sterilization of the bowel and the prevention of wound sepsis.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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