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2368551

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6-7
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty-four patients undergoing elective operations for cancer of the colon and rectum were given mechanical bowel preparation in the form of whole gut irrigation with polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution. When their colonic cleansing scores were compared, it was found that the preparation was significantly less effective in the left colon (n = 49) than in the right (n = 15), the mean (SEM) scores being 3.8 (0.56) and 2.65 (1.01), respectively, p less than 0.001. We then compared the scores of 26 patients with stenosing lesions with those of 38 that were not: in the right colon the score for stenosing tumours was 3.9 (0.14) compared with 3.8 (0.25) for non-stenosing tumours. In the left colon, however, they were 2.3 (0.23) and 2.9 (0.18), respectively (p less than 0.01). We conclude that stenosis of the colon caused by malignant lesions reduces the efficacy of mechanical bowel preparation with polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution in the left colon but not in the right colon.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5482
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
156
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
463-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
The efficacy of whole gut irrigation with polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution in elective colorectal surgery for cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study