Preoperative Bowel Preparation in Minimally Invasive and Vaginal Gynecologic Surgery.
Journal
TheScientificWorldJournal
ISSN: 1537-744X
Titre abrégé: ScientificWorldJournal
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101131163
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
22
06
2019
accepted:
14
10
2019
entrez:
29
2
2020
pubmed:
29
2
2020
medline:
21
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Bowel preparation traditionally refers to the removal of bowel contents via mechanical cleansing measures. Although it has been a common practice for more than 70 years, its use is based mostly on expert opinion rather than solid evidence. Mechanical bowel preparation in minimally invasive and vaginal gynecologic surgery is strongly debated, since many studies have not confirmed its effectiveness, neither in reducing postoperative infectious morbidity nor in improving surgeons' performance. A comprehensive search of Medline/PubMed and the Cochrane Library Database was conducted, for related articles up to June 2019, including terms such as "mechanical bowel preparation," "vaginal surgery," "minimally invasive," and "gynecology." We aimed to determine the best practice regarding bowel preparation before these surgical approaches. In previous studies, bowel preparation was evaluated only via mechanical measures. The identified randomized trials in laparoscopic approach and in vaginal surgery were 8 and 4, respectively. Most of them compare different types of preparation, with patients being separated into groups of oral laxatives, rectal measures (enema), low residue diet, and fasting. The outcomes of interest are the quality of the surgical field, postoperative infectious complications, length of hospital stay, and patients' comfort during the whole procedure. The results are almost identical regardless of the procedure's type. Routine administration of bowel preparation seems to offer no advantage to any of the objectives mentioned above. Taking into consideration the fact that in most gynecologic cases there is minimal probability of bowel intraluminal entry and, thus, low surgical site infection rates, most scientific societies have issued guidelines against the use of any bowel preparation regimen before laparoscopic or vaginal surgery. Nonetheless, surgeons still do not use a specific pattern and continue ordering them. However, according to recent evidence, preoperative bowel preparation of any type should be omitted prior to minimally invasive and vaginal gynecologic surgeries.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32110164
doi: 10.1155/2020/8546037
pmc: PMC7042550
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
8546037Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Michail Diakosavvas et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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