Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi
June 2012
Objective: To study the effects of different perioperative treatments on the number and proportion of gut flora in SD rats.
Methods: Forty-eight SD rats were randomized into 8 groups including the control group, antibiotics group, bowel preparation group, fasting group, antibiotic-bowel preparation group, antibiotics-bowel preparation-fasting group, bowel preparation-surgery-antibiotics-early postoperative feeding group (early feeding group), and bowel preparation-surgery-antibiotics-postoperative fasting group. The rats were sacrificed and stool specimens were collected from the cecum.