The effects on microbiotic structures induced by preoperative fasting

Intestinal ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a grave surgical event with high morbidity and mortality rates. Whether preoperative fasting (PF) can confer protection against intestinal I/R injury by altering the composition of gut microbiota remains elusive. Faecal samples (mice and human origin) were collected for conducting 16S rDNA sequencing.