Is surgery a better strategy than conservative management for patients with complicated diverticulitis? In a recent issue of Annals of Surgery, Bolkenstein and colleagues [1] present the results of a ...

Four-year results found diverticulitis recurred in 16% of the surgery group versus 92% of the those who received conservative treatment. In patients who opted for surgery later, the major ...

Patients and surgeons navigate murky guidelines about whether to have surgery and what to do if surgery isn’t successful. Christin Yeoman’s mind was tormenting her with conflicting emotions as she ...

Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve had diverticulitis repeatedly since 2016. It’s been bad enough 10 times (with belly pain and fever) that I was given antibiotics. I’ve had it at least that many more times where I ...

Elective laparoscopic sigmoid resection improves quality of life and decreases the risk of recurrence of diverticulitis compared with conservative treatment, according to 2-year follow-up results from ...

Diverticulitis occurs when pouches protrude from the wall of the colon, causing inflammation to occur. Common treatments for diverticulitis include antibiotics, a clear liquid diet, other dietary ...

• In patients with suspected acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis, abdominal contrast CT has high sensitivity and specificity and is recommended if there is diagnostic uncertainty. • Uncomplicated ...