Management of acute diverticulitis with pericolic free gas (ADIFAS): an international multicenter observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are no specific recommendations regarding the optimal management of this group of patients. The World Society of Emergency Surgery suggested a nonoperative strategy with antibiotic therapy, but this was a weak recommendation. This study aims to identify the optimal management of patients with acute diverticulitis (AD) presenting with pericolic free air with or without pericolic fluid.

Methods

A multicenter, prospective, international study of patients diagnosed with AD and pericolic-free air with or without pericolic free fluid at a computed tomography (CT) scan between May 2020 and June 2021 was included. Patients were excluded if they had intra-abdominal distant free air, an abscess, generalized peritonitis, or less than a 1-year follow-up. The primary out

SUBMITTER: Tejedor P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10389554 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature