Patterns of recurrence in patients with acute diverticulitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 952-957

  Eglinton, T ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Raniga, S ^a   Dixon, L ^a   Dobbs, B ^a   Frizelle, F A ^a  

^a Christehurch Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952749795     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7035     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Mendeloff AI. Thoughts on the epidemiology of diverticular disease. Clin Gastroenterol 1986; 15: 855-877.
2. Sarin S, Boulos PB. Long-term outcome of patients presenting with acute complications of diverticular disease. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1994; 76: 117-120.
3. Eusebio EB, Eisenberg MM. Natural history of diverticular disease of the colon in young patients. Am J Surg 1973; 125: 308-311.
4. Almy TP, Howell DA. Medical progress. Diverticular disease of the colon. N Engl J Med 1980; 302: 324-331.
5. Biondo S, Parés D, Martí Ragué J, Kreisler E, Fraccalvieri D, Jaurrieta E. Acute colonic diverticulitis in patients under 50 years of age. Br J Surg 2002; 89: 1137-1141.
6. Mäkelä J, Vuolio S, Kiviniemi H, Laitinen S. Natural, history of diverticular disease: when to operate? Dis Colon Rectum 1998;41:1523-1528.
7. Broderick-Villa G, Burchette RJ, Collins JC, Abbas MA, Haigh PI. Hospitalization for acute diverticulitis does not mandate routine elective colectomy. Arch Surg 2005; 140: 576-581.
8. Parks TG, Connell AM. The outcome in 455 patients admitted for treatment of diverticular disease of the colon. Br J Surg 1970; 57: 775-778.
9. Larson DM, Masters SS, Spiro HM. Medical and surgical therapy in diverticular disease: a comparative study. Gastroenterology 1976; 71: 734-737.
10. Haglund U, Hellberg R, Johnsen C, Hultén L. Complicated diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon. An analysis of short and long term outcome in 392 patients. Ann Chir Gynaecol 1979;68:41-46. (Pubitemid 9213195)
11. Vignati PV, Welch JP, Cohen JL. Long-term management of diverticulitis in young patients. Dis Colon Rectum. 1995; 38: 627-629.
12. Kyle J, Davidson AI. The changing pattern of hospital admissions for divertical disease of the colon. Br J Surg 1975; 62:537-541.
13. Kang JY, Hoare J, Tinto A, Subramanian S, Ellis C, Majeed A et al. Diverticular disease of the colon - on the rise: a study of hospital admissions in England between 1989/1990 and 1999/2000. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003; 17: 1189-1195.
14. Mäkelä J, Kiviniemi H, Laitinen S. Prevalence of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis is increasing. Dis Colon Rectum 2002; 45:955-961.
15. Janes S, Meagher A, Faragher IG, Shedda S, Frizelle FA. The place of elective surgery following acute diverticulitis in young patients: when is surgery indicated? An analysis of the literature. Dis Colon Rectum 2009; 52: 1008-1016.
16. Janes S, Meagher A, Frizelle FA. Elective surgery after acute diverticulitis. Br J Surg 2005; 92: 133-142.
17. Meagher AP, Frizelle FA, Janes S. Practice parameters for sigmoid diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rectum 2007; 50: 683-685.
18. Janes SE, Meagher A, Frizelle FA. Management of diverticulitis. BMJ 2006; 332: 271-275.
19. Frizelle FA, Dominguez JM, Santoro GA. Management of post-operative recurrent diverticulitis: a review of the literature. JR Coll Surg Edinb 1997; 42: 186-188
20. Shaikh S, Krukowski ZH. Outcome of a conservative policy for managing acute sigmoid diverticulitis. Br J Surg 2007; 94: 876-879.
21. Rafferty J, Shellito P, Hyman NH, Buie WD; Standards Committee of American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Practice parameters for sigmoid diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rectum, 2006; 49: 939-944.
22. Benn PL, Wolff BG, Ilstrup DM. Level of anastomosis and recurrent colonic diverticulitis. Am J Surg 1986; 151: 269-271.
23. Leigh JE, Judd ES, Waugh JM. Diverticulitis of the colon. Recurrence after apparently adequate segmental resection. Am J Surg 1962; 103: 51-54.
24. Thaler K, Baig MK, Berho M, Weiss EG, Nogueras JJ, Arnaud JP et al. Determinants of recurrence after sigmoid resection for uncomplicated diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rectum 2003; 46:385-388.
25. Thörn M, Graf W, Stefansson T, Påhlman L. Clinical and functional results after elective colonic resection in 75 consecutive patients with diverticular disease. Am J Surg 2002;183:7-11. (Pubitemid 34178597)
26. Wolff BG, Ready RL, MacCarty RL, Dozois RR, Beart RW Jr. Influence of sigmoid resection on progression of diverticular disease of the colon. Dis Colon Rectum 1984; 27: 645-647.
27. Cohen ME, Bilimoria KY, Ko CY, Hall BL. Development of an American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program: morbidity and mortality risk calculator for colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg 2009; 208: 1009-1016.
28. Jeyarajah S, Faiz O, Bottle A, Aylin P, Bjarnason I, Tekkis PP et al. Diverticular disease hospital admissions are increasing, with poor outcomes in the elderly and emergency admissions. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2009; 30: 1171-1182.
29. Richards RJ, Hammitt JK. Timing of prophylactic surgery in prevention of diverticulitis recurrence: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Dig Dis Sci 2002; 47: 1903-1908.
30. Salem L, Veenstra DL, Sullivan SD, Flum DR. The timing of elective colectomy in diverticulitis: a decision analysis. JAm Coll Surg 2004; 199: 904-912.
31. Ambrosetti P, Becker C, Terrier F. Colonic diverticulitis: impact of imaging on surgical management - a prospective study of 542 patients. Eur Radiol 2002; 12: 1145-1149. (Pubitemid 36940184)
32. Werner A, Diehl SJ, Farag-Soliman M, Düber C. Multi-slice spiral CT in routine diagnosis of suspected acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis: a prospective study of 120 patients. Eur Radiol2003; 13: 2596-2603.
33. Rao PM, Rhea JT, Novelline RA, Dobbins JM, Lawrason JN, Sacknoff R et al. Helical CT with only colonic contrast material for diagnosing diverticulitis: prospective evaluation of 150 patients. AJRAm J Roentgenol 1998; 170: 1445-1449.
34. Doringer E. Computerized tomography of colonic diverticulitis. Crit Rev Diagn Imaging 1992; 33: 421-435.
35. Smith TR, Cho KC, Morehouse HT, Kratka PS. Comparison of computed tomography and contrast enema evaluation of diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rectum. 1990; 33: 1-6.
36. Ambrosetti P, Jenny A, Becker C, Terrier TF, Morel P. Acute left colonic diverticulitis - compared performance of computed tomography and water-soluble contrast enema: prospective evaluation of 420 patients. Dis Colon Rectum 2000; 43:1363-1367.