title: Is elective surgery mandatory after an attack of acute colonic diverticulitis? Some remarks about the new pathophysiology of the diverticular disease.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tursi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003082:Colectomy; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation