Challenging a classic myth: Pneumoperitoneum associated with acute diverticulitis is not an indication for open or laparoscopic emergency surgery In hemodynamically stable patients. A 10-year experience with a nonoperative treatment

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2061-2071

  Costi, Renato ^a,b   Cauchy, François ^a   Le Bian, Alban ^a   Honart, Jean François ^a   Creuze, Nicolas ^a   Smadja, Claude ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Antibiotics; Extradigestive air; Nonoperative treatment; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84864057916     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2157-z     Document Type: Article

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