A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis

Sartelli, Massimo; A. Moore, Frederick; Ansaloni, Luca; Di Saverio, Salomone; Coccolini, Federico; A. Griffiths, Ewen; Coimbra, Raúl; Agresta, Ferdinando; Sakakushev, Boris; A. Ordóñez, Carlos; M. Abu‐Zidan, Fikri; Karamarković, Aleksandar; Augustin, Goran; Costa Navarro, David; Ulrych, Jan; Demetrashvili, Zaza; Bessa Melo, Renato; Marwah, Sanjay; Koshy Zachariah, Sanoop; Wani, Imtiaz; G. Shelat, Vishal; Il Kim, Jae; McFarlane, Michael; Pintar, Tadaja; Rems, Miran; Bala, Miklosh; Ben‐Ishay, Offir; Augusto Gomes, Carlos; Paulo Faro, Mário; Alves Pereira Júnior, Gerson; Catani, Marco; Luca Baiocchi, Gian; Bini, Roberto; Anania, Gabriele; Negoi, Ionuţ; Kecbaja, Zurabs; H Omari, Abdelkarim; Cui, Yunfeng; Kenig, Jakub; Sato, Norio; Vereczkei, András; Škrovina, M; Daş, Koray; Bellanova, Giovanni; Di Carlo, Isidoro; Alfredo Segovia Lohse, Helmut; Kong, Victor; Yuh Yen Kok, Kenneth; Massalou, Damien; Smirnov, Dmitry; Gachabayov, Mahir; Gkiokas, Georgios; Marinis, Athanasios; Spyropoulos, Charalambos; Nikolopoulos, Ioannis; Bouliaris, Konstantinos; Tepp, Jaan; Lohsiriwat, Varut; Çolak, Elif; Işık, Arda; Ríos‐Cruz, Daniel; Soto, Rodolfo; Abbas, Ashraf; Tranà, Cristian; Caproli, Emanuele; Soldatenkova, Darija; Corcione, Francesco; Piazza, Diego; Catena, Fausto

doi:10.1186/1749-7922-10-3

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A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis

Published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery • Feb 19, 2015

Authors:

Massimo Sartelli

Frederick A. Moore

Luca Ansaloni

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) imaging is the most appropriate diagnostic tool to confirm suspected left colonic diverticulitis. However, the utility of CT imaging goes beyond accurate diagnosis of diverticulitis; the grade of severity on CT imaging may drive treatment planning of patients presenting with...

Subject

Diverticulitis

Medicine

Radiology

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