Comparing No Mechanical Bowel Preparation With Oral Antibiotics Alone in Patients Undergoing Elective Colon Surgery

Participation Requirements

• Sex:

  ALL

• Eligible Ages:

  18 and up

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients undergoing elective, non-emergency colon, resection surgery or abdominal perineal resection and no other requirements exists for a mechanical bowel preparation (as determined by the operating surgeon)
* 18 years of age or older
* Able to provide oral consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Contraindication to the oral antibiotics, including allergies or adverse reactions to either metronidazole or neomycin
* Undergoing a rectal resection with a planned anastomosis (these patients will all receive MBP)
* Emergency surgery where no opportunity to administer preoperative oral antibiotics exists
* Requirement for a MBP (i.e. rectal resection with pelvic anastomosis, intraoperative colonoscopy, or at the discretion of the treating surgeon