Effects of gastric irrigation on bacterial counts before endoscopic submucosal dissection: a randomized case control prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The antiseptic effect of gastric irrigation before endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has not yet been reported. The aim of the randomized prospective study is to evaluate the antiseptic effects of gastric irrigation of saline solution before ESD by evaluating bacterial count.

Methods

This prospective randomized controlled trial included 50 patients diagnosed with early gastric cancer who were randomly divided into 2 groups (25 patients in each group) by using the opaque envelope method: the clean group (irrigation with 2 L saline solution before ESD) and the regular group (no irrigation). The gastric juice was collected and cultured before ESD. The entire stomach was irrigated using a water jet attached to an endoscope. After ESD with resection and removal of

SUBMITTER: Mori H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3676410 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature