title: [Surgical treatment of perforation of colonic diverticula].
abstract: Personal experience of 32 cases of colon diverticula observed between 1972 and 1989 is reported. Nine conservative operations and 23 resections of the perforated segment of the colon, followed 20 times by primary anastomosis, were performed. The importance of removing the sector of the colon involved is reiterated. It is concluded that a sectorial type primary resection-anastomosis is advisable in the case of generalised peritonitis, preceding the operation with an abundant peritoneal wash-out. Protective colostomy can be avoided by using an endoluminal active aspiration tube. In a series of 11 primary resection-anastomosis operations carried out in the presence of general peritonitis, anastomotic dehiscence was never observed.
authors.affiliation: Regione Piemonte, USSl n. 61, Stabilimento Ospedaliero SS. Annunziata, Savigliano, Cuneo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghione
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cassine
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rozzio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balzola
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003125:Colostomy; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Trattamento chirurgico della perforazione dei diverticoli colici.