Long-term follow-up after first acute episode of sigmoid diverticulitis: is surgery mandatory?: a prospective study of 118 patients

Chautems, Roland; Ambrosetti, Patrick; Ludwig, Alexandra; Mermillod, Bernadette; Morel, Philippe; Soravia, Claudio

doi:10.1097/01.DCR.0000017603.54619.AA

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Long-term follow-up after first acute episode of sigmoid diverticulitis: is surgery mandatory?: a prospective study of 118 patients

ContributorsChautems, Roland; Ambrosetti, Patrick; Ludwig, Alexandra; Mermillod, Bernadette; Morel, Philippe; Soravia, Claudio

Published inDiseases of the colon & rectum, vol. 45, no. 7, p. 962-966

Publication date2002

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the long-term natural history of sigmoid diverticulitis in patients treated nonoperatively after a first acute episode and to assess the role of elective colectomy.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Colectomy/utilization
Diverticulitis, Colonic/epidemiology/mortality/radiography/surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Sigmoid Diseases/epidemiology/mortality/radiography/surgery
Survival Analysis
Survivors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

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CHAUTEMS, Roland et al. Long-term follow-up after first acute episode of sigmoid diverticulitis: is surgery mandatory?: a prospective study of 118 patients. In: Diseases of the colon & rectum, 2002, vol. 45, n° 7, p. 962–966. doi: 10.1097/01.DCR.0000017603.54619.AA

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PID : unige:45708
DOI : 10.1097/01.DCR.0000017603.54619.AA
PMID : 12130887

Journal ISSN0012-3706

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Long-term follow-up after first acute episode of sigmoid diverticulitis: is surgery mandatory?: a prospective study of 118 patients

This study was designed to evaluate the long-term natural history of sigmoid diverticulitis in patients treated nonoperatively after a first acute episode and to assess the role of elective colectomy.

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