Randomized clinical trial of elective resection versus observation in diverticulitis with extraluminal air or abscess initially managed conservatively
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DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10868
Abstract: The aim of this RCT was to determine whether elective resection following successful non‐operative management of a first episode of acute sigmoid diverticulitis complicated by extraluminal air with or without abscess is superior to observation… read more here.
Keywords: elective resection; abscess; diverticulitis; extraluminal air ... See more keywords
Nonoperative management of acute complicated diverticulitis with pericolic and/or distant extraluminal air: A systematic review.
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DOI: 10.1002/wjs.12244
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Colonic Diverticular Disease (CDD) is a multifactorial inflammatory disease. Acute diverticulitis (AD), with extraluminal free air (both pericolic and distant), represents about 15% of radiological scenarios and remains a therapeutic challenge for surgeons. Currently,… read more here.
Keywords: extraluminal free; air; systematic review; pericolic distant ... See more keywords