[The effect of selective bowel decontamination and mechanical bowel preparation on bacterial translocation due to intraabdominal hypertension].

Background: The objective of our study is to evaluate the preventive effects of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) and mechanical bowel preparation in rats with experimentally induced bacterial translocation.

Methods: Fourty adult male Sprague Dowley rats weighing 250-300 g. were divided equally into four groups as Group 1 (sham [control]), Group 2 (experimentally induced IAH at 19 mmHg), Group 3 ( SDD group) and Group 4 (SDD and mechanical bowel preparation with 19 mmHg intraabdominal pressure).