Long-term severe complications were similar with laparoscopic lavage and primary resection in perforated purulent diverticulitis patients, researchers reported, although recurrence was more frequent ...

(HealthDay News) — Laparoscopic lavage leads to worse outcomes than primary resection in patients with perforated diverticulitis, according to a study published in the Oct. 6 issue of the Journal of ...

Forty patients were treated with the conventional Hartmann approach (resection plus a diverting colostomy) and 43 patients were managed by laparoscopy and peritoneal lavage. Patients in the lavage ...

In patients with perforated diverticulitis and peritonitis, primary anastomosis proved superior to Hartmann's procedure for 12-month stoma-free survival and overall morbidity after stoma reversal, ...

What is the preferred method for managing perforated diverticulitis conforming to the Hinchey grade III classification, namely purulent but not feculent fluid within the abdomen? To answer this ...

THE morbidity associated with the surgical treatment of diverticulitis remains high. In the experience of the Lahey Clinic some complication has developed in 30 per cent of the patients with ...

Q. I developed some pain in my abdomen and my doctor told me I had diverticulitis. What is it, what causes it, and what can be done about it? A. We say diverticulitis is present when outpouchings ...

A study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism suggests that rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with glucocorticoids and patients with a history of diverticulitis are at a higher risk for GI ...

At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these patients will ever experience diverticulitis. So, what’s the difference, and how ...