Table 2 Perioperative details and clinical history of surgery patients.

From: A pilot study demonstrating the impact of surgical bowel preparation on intestinal microbiota composition following colon and rectal surgery

 

n (%)

Pre-operative enteral antibiotics

Neomycin plus Metronidazole

15 (100)

Perioperative intravenous antibiotics

 

Ciprofloxacin plus Metronidazole

10 (67)

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole plus Metronidazole

1 (7)

Cefotetan

4 (26)

Operative procedure

Right colectomy

5 (33)

Left colectomy

1 (7)

Sigmoid colectomy

3 (20)

Sigmoid colectomy, diverting loop ileostomy

1 (7)

Low anterior resection

1 (7)

Ventral rectopexy

2 (13)

Transanal excision

2 (13)

History of colorectal cancer

6 (40)

Pathology

Adenocarcinoma

5 (33)

Neuroendocrine tumor

1 (7)

Stage

I

3 (20)

IIA

1 (7)

IIIA

2 (13)

History of diverticulitis

5 (33)

Type

Recurrent, uncomplicated

4 (27)

Complicated (rectovaginal fistula)

1 (7)