Current indications and role of surgery in the management of sigmoid diverticulitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 804-817

  Stocchi, Luca ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Complicated diverticulitis; Diverticulitis management; Diverticulitis surgery; Laparoscopic colectomy; Perforated diverticulitis; Sigmoid diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 77449103228     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i7.804     Document Type: Review

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