MOBILE Trial. Mechanical and Oral Antibiotic Bowel Preparation Versus no Bowel preparatIon for eLEctive Colectomy - a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

MOBILE Trial. Mechanical and Oral Antibiotic Bowel Preparation Versus no Bowel preparatIon for eLEctive Colectomy - a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Enchanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols aim to provide safer and quicker recovery postoperatively. One of the elements in ERAS protocols is that bowel is not prepared before colorectal surgery. However, several recent retrospective register studies have suggested that mechanical bowel preparation combined to oral antibiotics before colectomy reduces complications compared to no preparation at all. This trial compares these two strategies to find out whether complications can indeed be reduced by mechanically preparing the bowel with oral antibiotics.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing colon resection

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency surgery needed
• Bowel obstruction
• Colonoscopy scheduled to be undertaken peroperatively
• Other reason indicating mechanical preparation or contradicting it
• Allergy to used drugs (PEG, neomycin, metronidazole)