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01-01-2020 | Enterostomy | Surgical Debates

Do All Patients Require Resection After Successful Drainage of Diverticular Abscesses?

Authors: Christopher T. Aquina, Fergal J. Fleming, Jason Hall, Neil Hyman

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 1/2020

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The surgical approach to sigmoid diverticulitis has undergone major changes over the past two decades. Many of the beliefs about the natural history of both complicated and uncomplicated diverticulitis have been reassessed. Acute diverticulitis is complicated by abscess formation in approximately 15–40% of patients. Small abscesses may be treated with antibiotics alone and larger collections generally require concomitant drainage. Percutaneous drainage of diverticular abscesses is a well-established modality, commonly converting a multistage approach requiring an intestinal stoma to a single-stage resection with anastomosis. …

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Title: Do All Patients Require Resection After Successful Drainage of Diverticular Abscesses?
Authors: Christopher T. Aquina
Fergal J. Fleming
Jason Hall
Neil Hyman
Publication date: 01-01-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Enterostomy
Colectomy
Colectomy
Enterostomy
Diverticulitis
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-019-04396-6

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