Aim The current COVID‐19 pandemic is challenging healthcare systems at a global level.
We provide a practical strategy to reorganize pathways of emergency and elective colorectal …

The large intestine is part of the digestive tract. The digestive tract includes the mouth,
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum. The large intestine is …

Background: Acute colonic diverticulitis (ACD) complications arise in approximately 8% to
35% patients and the most common ones are represented by phlegmon or abscess …

Purpose Emergency treatment of acute diverticulitis remains a hazy field. Despite a number
of clinical studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), guidelines and surgical societies …

Aim: Diverticular disease is widespread worldwide. Mainstay approach is non-operative
treatment with bowel rest and broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics. However, extra-colic …

BACKGROUND: Traditionally, perforated diverticulitis has been managed with an open
approach, with a Hartmann procedure or a colectomy with primary anastomosis. Minimally …

La diverticulosis es una entidad que predomina en países occidentales. Su prevalencia
aumenta con la edad, presentándose en aproximadamente el 80% de la población mayor …

Objetivo: Analisar as características da Doença Diverticular e da Diverticulite. Revisão
bibliográfica: A doença diverticular é um dos distúrbios gastrointestinais mais comuns entre …

BACKGROUND Acute diverticular disease accounts for 250,000 annual admissions in the
United States and an estimated annual health care cost of $3 billion. 1 Approximately 15 …

The medical and surgical management of uncomplicated diverticulitis has changed over the
last several years. Although immunocompetent patients or those without comorbidities can …