Background The incidence of diverticulosis and diverticular disease of the colon, including
diverticulitis, is increasing worldwide, and becoming a significant burden on national health …

Computed tomography (CT) imaging is the most appropriate diagnostic tool to confirm
suspected left colonic diverticulitis. However, the utility of CT imaging goes beyond accurate …

(AGA) Institute on the management of acute diverticulitis. Acute diverticulitis, defined as
clinically evident macroscopic inflammation of a diverticulum or diverticula, occurs in …

OBJECTIVES: Data on the incidence and natural history of diverticulitis are largely hospital-
based and exclude the majority of diverticulitis patients, who are treated in an outpatient …

Importance Perforated colonic diverticulitis usually requires surgical resection, which is
associated with significant morbidity. Cohort studies have suggested that laparoscopic …

BACKGROUND: Recent published articles reported a wide geographic variation in the
utilization of laparoscopic colectomy in the United States. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to …

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate outpatient, non-antibiotic management in
acute uncomplicated diverticulitis with regard to admissions, complications, and …

Objective. Computed tomography (CT) is the most appropriate initial imaging modality for
the assessment of acute diverticulitis. The aim here was to determine the usefulness of C …

Diverticulosis is a condition in which sac-like pro-trusions develop in the wall of the colon.
The prevalence of diverticulosis increases with age; less than 20% of people younger than …

To this day, the treatment of generalized peritonitis secondary to diverticular perforation is
still controversial. Recently, in patients with acute sigmoid diverticulitis, laparoscopic lavage …