Number of Diverticulitis Episodes Before Resection and Factors Associated With Earlier Interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite professional recommendations to delay elective colon resection for patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, early surgery (after <3 preceding episodes) appears to be common. Several factors have been suggested to contribute to early surgery, including increasing numbers of younger patients, a lower threshold to operate laparoscopically, and growing recognition of "smoldering" (or nonrecovering) diverticulitis episodes. However, the relevance of these factors in early surgery has not been well tested, and most prior studies have focused on hospitalizations, missing outpatient events and making it difficult to assess guideline adherence in earlier interventions.

Objective

To describe patterns of episodes of diverticulitis before surgery and factors associ

SUBMITTER: Simianu VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4956506 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature