title: Diverticulitis: the most common colon emergency for the acute care surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern - Austin, University Medical Center Brackenridge, Austin, TX 78701, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: C V R
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014194:Traumatology