The role of damage control surgery in the treatment of perforated colonic diverticulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Damage control surgery (DCS) is the classic approach to manage severe trauma and has recently also been considered an appropriate approach to the treatment of critically ill patients with severe intra-abdominal sepsis. The purpose of the present review is to evaluate the outcomes following DCS for Hinchey II-IV complicated acute diverticulitis (CAD).

Methods

A comprehensive systematic search was undertaken to identify all randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies, irrespectively of their size, publication status, and language. Adults who have undergone DCS for CAD Hinchey II, III, or IV were included in this review. DCS is compared with the immediate and definitive surgical treatment in the form of HP, colonic resection, and primary anastomosis

SUBMITTER: Cirocchi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature