Why the study?
Does the use of chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics reduce mortality in patients undergoing colon and rectal surgery?
Population
Patients undergoing colon and rectal surgery for neoplastic and inflammatory diseases
Comparison
Chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics vs Historical management without these agents
Design
Review
Authors
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May support perioperative antibiotics in colorectal surgery; leaves open optimal modern regimens amid resistance.
Does the use of chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics reduce mortality in patients undergoing colon and rectal surgery?
The historical introduction of sulfonamides and antibiotics drastically reduced mortality in colon and rectal surgery.
Oliver H. Beahrs (1969) studied this question.
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