Bowel preparation before vaginal prolapse surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare surgeons' intraoperative surgeon acceptability or assessment of the operative field regarding bowel contents and patients' satisfaction with or without a mechanical bowel preparation before reconstructive vaginal prolapse surgery.

Methods

In this single-blind, randomized trial, women scheduled to undergo vaginal prolapse surgery with a planned apical suspension and posterior colporrhaphy were allocated using block randomization to an intervention or control group. Surgeons were blinded to patient allocation. One day before surgery, mechanical bowel preparation instructions consisted of a clear liquid diet and two self-administered saline enemas; the participants in the control group sustained a regular diet and nothing by mouth after midnight. The primar

SUBMITTER: Ballard AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3909883 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature