title: Management of the total bowel diverticular disease.
abstract: The management of diverticulosis in normal conditions is well established, but in certain situations such as the large and small bowel diverticulosis coexists in the same person and throughout the intestine, which is rarely seen, the management is still controversial, varying from an expectant approach to bulk bowel resection, which can be therapeutically challenging for surgeons. It was reported here a typical case of an 50-year-old woman diagnosed with total bowel diverticulosis including ileum, duodenum and colon for 6 years, admitted in emergency because of the perforations of the diverticula. And we discussed the management of the rare cases like this. The defined perforated sections, along with the entire distal colon including the sigmoid colon were removed on surgery. In our experience, asymptomatic patients in this situation are usually treated expectantly, with surgery reserved for acute complications. On the surgery, the distal margin of resection must be located in rectum instead of sigmoid and primary anastomosis is recommended if possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Street, Hangzhou 310009, PR China.
authors.forename: Daren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged