[Early resection in diverticulitis (author's transl)].
The danger with diverticulitis is that the disease may progress to life threatening complications. The development of diverticulitis leads from local infiltration and fibrosclerosis to final perforation. Nonresected diverticulitis favors the development of diverticulosis proximal to the affected bowel. Conservative therapy seems to be of little use in avoiding the progression of recurring diverticulitis. Signs of irreversible diverticulitis are repeated attacks, signs of local peritonitis, fixed deformation of the wall and stenosis, revelaed by barium enema. One-stage resection was performed in 101 patients for uncomplicated diverticulitis. There was one death (myocardial infarction).
D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013997:Time Factors
59. Die Frühresektion der Divertikulitis