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. 2020 Mar 19;21(3):218–226. doi: 10.1089/sur.2019.203

Table 5.

Methods/Products Used for Mechanical Bowel Preparation

Pre-operative fiber-free diet (3–5 d) 179/241 (74.3%)
Enema bowel cleanse 50/228 (21.9%)
Anterograde mechanical bowel preparation 161/228 (70.6%)
  Polyethylene glycol based 91/219 (41.6%)
  Phosphate based 44/219 (20.1%)
  Both (polyethylene glycol/phosphate) 71/219 (32.4%)