Bowel cleansing

Bowel cleansing or bowel preparation is a medical technique to cleanse bowel to prepare colonoscopy or colorectal surgery. Cleansing can be performed either by the oral ingestion of medication or by enema. Polyethylene glycol and citrates are used for bowel cleansing.[1][2]

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References
  1. Hung, Shih-Ya; Chen, Hong-Chang; Chen, William Tzu-Liang (27 March 2020). "A Randomized Trial Comparing the Bowel Cleansing Efficacy of Sodium Picosulfate/Magnesium Citrate and Polyethylene Glycol/Bisacodyl (The Bowklean Study)". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 5604. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.5604H. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-62120-w. PMC 7101403. PMID 32221332.
  2. Kumar, Anjali S.; Kelleher, Deirdre C.; Sigle, Gavin W. (19 September 2013). "Bowel Preparation before Elective Surgery". Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 26 (3): 146–152. doi:10.1055/s-0033-1351129. PMC 3747288. PMID 24436665.


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