Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
Advances in management of patients with acute diverticulitis / S. Focchi, A. Carrara, E. Contessini Avesani. - In: JOURNAL OF ACUTE DISEASE. - ISSN 2221-6189. - 4:4(2015), pp. 280-286. [10.1016/j.joad.2015.06.005]
Abstract:
Objective: To analyse the development of the medical and surgical treatment of acute
diverticulitis to develop an appropriate decision-making algorithm.
Methods: We analysed the demographic characteristics, radiological images, disease
severity, treatments and surgical outcomes of all of the patients with a diagnosis of acute
diverticulitis admitted to the Department of General and Emergency Surgery between 1
January 2009 and 30 June 2014.
Results: During the 66-month study period, 219 patients with acute diverticulitis
attended our department; 69% had simple diverticulitis (93% were treated conservatively
and 7% surgically) and 31% had complicated diverticulitis (76% were treated surgically
and 24% conservatively). Of the patients who were treated surgically, 62.5% underwent
primary resection with anastomosis, 31.94% Hartmann's procedure, and 5.56% laparoscopic
lavage and drainage.
Conclusions: Our cases and a careful review of the literature allowed us to develop a
decision-making algorithm for patients with acute diverticulitis.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Diverticulitis; Emergency surgery; Damage control surgery; Laparoscopic lavage and drainage; Percutaneous drainage; Primary resection with anastomosis; Hartmann's procedure
Elenco autori:
S. Focchi, A. Carrara, E. Contessini Avesani
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