Key result
Preoperative bowel preparation in Chinese elective colorectal surgery largely aligns with international protocols, though mechanical enema and gastric intubation rates remain relatively high.
Why the study?
What are the current practice patterns of preoperative bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery among Chinese surgeons?
What are the current practice patterns of preoperative bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery among Chinese surgeons?
A nation-wide survey reveals that while Chinese surgeons generally follow international protocols for preoperative bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery, the use of mechanical enema and gastric intubation remains high.
Chinese practices largely align with guidelines yet show high mechanical enema and intubation use; leaves open targeted de-implementation studies.
Although the preoperative bowel preparation practice in elective colorectal surgery for most of surgeons in China is basically the same as the current international protocol, the proportions of mechanical enema and gastric intubation before surgery are still relatively high.
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Lyu et al. (2020) studied this question. Preoperative bowel preparation in Chinese elective colorectal surgery largely aligns with international protocols, though mechanical enema and gastric intubation rates remain relatively high.
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