Editing Intestinal Segments and Urinary Diversion (section)

===== Efficacy =====

*'''<span style="color:#ff00ff">2011 Cochrane review: Mechanical bowel preparation for elective colorectal surgery'''
** '''18 trials with 5,805 participants were analyzed'''
** '''No difference in anastomotic leakage or wound infection rates; important to note that many of these studies involved peri-operative intravenous antibiotics and likely crucial in keeping the complication rate low'''
** '''[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21901677/ Güenaga, Katia F., Delcio Matos, and Peer Wille‐Jørgensen."Mechanical bowel preparation for elective colorectal surgery." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 9 (2011)]'''
* '''No studies have adequately assessed the safety of omitting mechanical bowel preparation in urologic reconstructive surgery'''