Long-term treatment outcomes of complicated acute diverticulitis in immunocompromised patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The main aim of this study was to determine the short- and long-term outcomes of the non-operative management of acute left-sided complicated diverticulitis (ALCD) in severely immunocompromised patients (IMS group) and compare them with immunocompetent patients (IC group). The secondary aim was to assess the necessity of an elective surgery following a successful prior non-operative management in the IMS group after a non-operative management of the first episode of ALCD.

Methods

Patients presented with their first episode of ALCD between 2012 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Only severely immunosuppressed patients were considered for the analysis, including the following: long-term oral or intravenous steroid intake, current malignancy undergoing chemotherapy

SUBMITTER: Sancho-Muriel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534823 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature