title: Surgical treatment of perforated diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon.
abstract: A retrospective review of 1353 cases of acute perforated sigmoid diverticulitis treated surgically demonstrates that those operations that resect or exteriorize the perforated segment at the first operation are associated with a lower operative mortality rate than procedures that fail to remove the perforated segment at the initial operation. These results are true for both diffuse peritonitis and localized abscess.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003125:Colostomy / Q000401:mortality; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*