Thirty-eight patients, 18 males and 20 females (mean age 61 years) have been operated on
for perforated diverticulitis, over the past 14 years. We assigned the patients into stage A (n …

Background Primary resection has replaced the conventional drainage procedure in the
management of patients with generalized peritonitis complicating diverticular disease of the …

Experiences in the management of perforation of sigmoid diverticulitis in a consecutive
series of‐3 patients are described. The conclusion is drawn that immediate resection with …

A retrospective review of 1353 cases of acute perforated sigmoid diverticulitis treated
surgically demonstrates that those operations that resect or exteriorize the perforated …

A retrospective study was carried out of all patients admitted to the hospital with either local
or free perforating diverticulitis. Fifty-one patients had perforating diverticulitis of the sigmoid …

Sigmoid diverticulitis with perforation and generalized peritonitis is a grave complication of
diverticular disease. To compare accurately the results of two operative approaches …

The results of management of perforated large bowel diverticulitis were retrospectively
studied over a 7-year period. 38 patients underwent operation, 20 for generalized peritonitis …

A prospective randomized trial was carried out on 62 patients with diffuse peritonitis from
perforated diverticulitis of the left colon, comparing acute transverse colostomy, suture and …

The surgical management of perforated diverticulitis remains a subject of controversy, with
some workers advocating initial drainage with decompressive colostomy and others favoring …

The surgical treatment of complications of diverticulitis remains most challenging. A review
of twenty years' experience with one hundred fifteen cases is presented with one proved …