Imaging and interventional techniques in acute left-sided diverticulitis.
Computed tomography is the most accurate and readily available imaging study in the diagnosis of acute, left-sided diverticulitis. It not only detects the presence of an abscess and guides percutaneous drainage of these abscesses, it may also guide subsequent surgical treatment based upon a modification of the Hinchey classification.
Baker
Mark E
ME
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. bakerm@ccf.org
D000208:Acute Disease; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*