The American journal of the medical sciences
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Preoperative probiotics decrease postoperative infectious complications of colorectal cancer.
The objective is to elucidate the effects of oral bifid triple viable probiotics among patients with colorectal cancer. ⋯ The preoperative oral bifid triple viable probiotics minimize the postoperative occurrence of infectious complications, with possible mechanisms attributed to the maintenance of the intestinal flora and restriction of bacterial translocation from the intestine. It was representative of the enhancement of systemic/localized immunity and concurrent attenuation of systemic stress response.