Table 5: Complications related to

the type of colon preparation.6

 

Percentage

 

MBP (-) /

antibiotic (-)

MBP (+) /

antibiotic (-)

MBP (+) /

antibiotic (+)

Surgical site

infection

14.7

 

12.1

 

6.2

 

Post-operative

ileus

15.1

12.3

9.2

Intestinal

leakage

4.6

3.5

2.1

Sepsis

4.4

2.8

2.3

Mortality

at 30 days

1.6

0.6

0.3

MBP = mechanical bowel preparation.