The Management of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis in the COVID-19 Era: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems worldwide made major changes to their organization, delaying diagnosis and treatment across a broad spectrum of pathologies. Concerning surgery, there was an evident reduction in all elective and emergency activities, particularly for benign pathologies such as acute diverticulitis, for which we have identified a reduction in emergency room presentation with mild forms and an increase with more severe forms. The aim of our review was to discover new data on emergency presentation for patients with acute diverticulitis during the Covid-19 pandemic and their current management, and to define a better methodology for surgical decision-making. Method: We conducted a scoping review on 25 trials, analyzing five points: reduce

SUBMITTER: Cirocchi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8538273 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature