Clinical Value of Preoperative Mechanical Bowel Cleansing in Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review

This study was designed to establish scientific evidence for and clinical results of preoperative mechanical bowel cleansing before elective colorectal surgery.Systematic literature searches in electronic databases, conference proceedings, and hand searches of reference lists of previously retrieved literature without any language restrictions were used. Only randomized trials were included. A quality assessment of each retrieved trial was...