Comparison of Diversion Strategies for Management of Acute Complicated Diverticulitis in a US Nationwide Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diverticulitis of the colon is an increasingly prevalent disease with significant implications for patient quality of life and health system resource expenditure. Although several randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses of Hartman procedure (HP) and primary anastomosis and proximal diversion (PAPD) have found surgical equipoise, questions regarding the relative performance of these treatments when applied broadly remain.

Objective

To examine use of and outcomes after urgent sigmoid colectomy with end colostomy (ie, HP) vs PAPD in management of complicated diverticulitis.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study was a multicenter, population-based examination of inpatient hospitalizations, not including long-term rehabi

SUBMITTER: Sanaiha Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571654 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature