Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in elective gastrointestinal surgery

[摘要] Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery and especially colorectal surgery is associated with a high risk of postoperative infections,due to contamination by bacteria in the large intestine. These postoperative infectious complications increase hospital stay,and costs of treatment. The most common infectious complications after surgery are urinary tract, wound and pulmonary infections.,These mainly Gram negative infections generally originate from the patient’s own digestive tract.

[发布机构] University of Amterdam