Diverticulitis is a prevalent gastrointestinal disorder that is associated with significant
morbidity and health care costs. Approximately 20% of patients with incident diverticulitis …

BACKGROUND: Despite low-quality and conflicting evidence, the Association of
Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland recommends the routine use of antibiotics in the …

Objective: Mild AD can be treated safely and effectively on an outpatient basis without
antibiotics. Summary of Background Data: In recent years, it has shown no benefit of …

Acute uncomplicated diverticulitis (AUD) is generally felt to be caused by obstruction and
inflammation of a colonic diverticulum and occurs in about 4–5% of patients with …

Purpose Right-sided diverticulitis has different epidemiologic features compared to left-sided
diverticulitis. However, data on the appropriate treatment of right-sided diverticulitis are …

Background Diverticulitis is a complication of the common condition, diverticulosis.
Uncomplicated diverticulitis has traditionally been treated with antibiotics, as diverticulitis …

Diverticular disease (DD) is an umbrella definition that includes different clinical conditions
ranging from diverticulosis to severe and potentially life-threatening complications. In the last …

Our main goal is to describe how to start and develop a multicenter, prospective,
randomized, controlled trial. The first step is to have an idea that will become the hypothesis …

Introducción: La diverticulitis aguda es la complicación más frecuente de la enfermedad
diverticular del colon y causa de ingresos hospitalarios. Su tratamiento ha sido evaluado en …

El objetivo de este artículo es ilustrar cómo poner en marcha y desarrollar un estudio
multicéntrico prospectivo, controlado y aleatorizado. Por ello, lo primero que se necesita es …