Response to the letter to the editor: Effect of mechanical bowel preparation with antibiotics and probiotics on postoperative ileus in patients undergoing posterior lumbar spine surgeries: a randomized controlled trial
Mantu Jain, Tanmoy Halder, Shahnawaz Khan, Pankaj Kumar, Arunkumar Sekar, Gurudip Das, Chinmaya Dash, Sujit Kumar Tripathy · 2026
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Mantu Jain and colleagues reply in 2026 to comments on their trial of bowel preparation before lower spine surgery. The trial tested cleaning the bowel with antibiotics and probiotics to speed gut recovery after surgery from the back. The reply agrees that no clear benefit was shown.
Key recovery marks, such as first wind, bowel sounds, and first stool, were alike with and without preparation. All cases of stalled bowel action arose in the prepared group, and low blood pressure after surgery was also more common there. The authors note that fluid shifts and salt imbalance may explain slower recovery. They support choosing bowel preparation case by case for short one or two level surgery, not as routine.
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| CREATOR | Mantu Jain, Tanmoy Halder, Shahnawaz Khan, Pankaj Kumar, Arunkumar Sekar, Gurudip Das, Chinmaya Dash, Sujit Kumar Tripathy |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3084 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |