TY - JOUR AU - Tatt Toh, James Wei AU - Harlaar, Joris AU - Di Re, Angelina AU - Pathmanathan, Nimalan AU - El Khoury, Toufic AU - Ctercteko, Grahame PY - 2019 TI - Understanding the role of mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics prior to elective colorectal surgery JF - Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery; Vol 4 (May 2019): Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - Over the past four decades, there has been significant debate as to whether mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) and oral antibiotics (OAB) should be prescribed preoperatively prior to elective colorectal surgery. With the widespread implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols as well as the findings of the Cochrane review in 2011 (n=5,805) concluding that MBP did not provide any statistically significant benefit (1), there was a paradigm shift away from mechanical bowel preparation. UR - https://ales.amegroups.org/article/view/5197