Perforated left-sided diverticulitis with faecal peritonitis: Is the Hinchey classification the best guide for surgical decision making?

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-203

  Naraynsingh, V ^a   Maharaj, R ^a   Hassranah, D ^a   Hariharan, S ^a   Dan, D ^a   Zbar, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Faecal peritonitis; Hinchey classification; Hinchey grade IV; Omentoplasty; Perforated diverticulitis; Primary suture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FISTULA; HINCHEY CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OMENTOPLASTY; OPERATION DURATION; PERITONITIS; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGMOID; STOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DECISION MAKING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80051664901     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-011-0675-7     Document Type: Article

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