The use of metronidazole in the preparation of the bowel for surgery
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 66 (3) , 191-192
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800660316
Abstract
Summary: A randomized trial was carried out in 120 patients undergoing colonic surgery mainly for carcinoma. Sixty-one patients received metronidazole and Thalazole and 59 received Thalazole alone. Sepsis occurred in 8 (13.1 per cent) of the 61 patients who received metronidazole, compared with 29 (49.2 per cent) of 59 patients who received only Thalazole. Of the 8 patients with sepsis who received metronidazole, none had infection due to anaerobic organisms.Keywords
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