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Pre-operative preparation is to make sure that the patient is in the best attainable health with as good as possible nutrition. The patient should have the local conditions in the most favourable state and be able to mount an inflammatory response. It is obviously desirable not to have the bowel distended or full of indigestible material or faeces. The application of these principles has been discussed already in Chapter 8.
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Alexander-Williams, J. (1993). Assessment and Preparation. In: Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3296-7_9
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