Do the risks of emergent colectomy justify nonoperative management strategies for recurrent diverticulitis?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Novitsky, Yuri W ^a,b   Sechrist, Cathy ^b   Payton, B Lauren ^b   Kercher, Kent W ^b   Heniford, B Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated diverticulitis; Diverticulitis; Emergency surgery; Prophylactic colectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COLECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58649115642     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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