Mechanical Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotics Before Colon Cancer Surgery
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study aims to demonstrate that a preoperative combination of mechanical bowel
preparation and oral antibiotics, before elective laparoscopic colon cancer surgery, is
associated with a reduction of postoperative surgical site infection rate, as compared to
mechanical bowel preparation alone, oral antibiotics alone, or no colonic preparation.
Our Hypothesis is that a preoperative colonic preparation including a combination of
mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics before elective laparoscopic colon cancer
surgery is associated with a reduced rate of 30-day postoperative surgical site infection, as
compared to mechanical bowel preparation alone, oral antibiotics alone, or no colonic
preparation.