title: The Hartmann procedure: its role in acute complicated diverticulitis.
abstract: A retrospective study of 38 patients with Hartmann procedure for acute complicated diverticulitis. Two patients died. Continuity was restored in 30 patients (30/36). With the present mortality (2/38) and a rather low morbidity, the Hartmann procedure can be recommended in acute complicated diverticulitis.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012086:Reoperation / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*