A Ten-Year Audit of Perforated Sigmoid Diverticulitis: Highlighting the Outcomes of Laparoscopic Lavage

White, Stephen; Frenkiel, B.; J. Martin, Peter

doi:10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181f2ee2a

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A Ten-Year Audit of Perforated Sigmoid Diverticulitis: Highlighting the Outcomes of Laparoscopic Lavage

Published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum • Nov 1, 2010

Authors:

Stephen White

B. Frenkiel

Peter J. Martin

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was designed to review the results of laparoscopic lavage for the management of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. METHODS: A 10-year retrospective review was conducted of 78 consecutive cases of sigmoid diverticulitis warranting emergency surgical intervention (1999-2008). RESUL...

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Medicine

Diverticulitis

Surgery

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