title: [Diverticulitis and indication for surgery--are there new data?].
abstract: The treatment in acute diverticulitis has undergone a considerable shift from an offensive to a more restrictive and individual indication for surgery. This review of the very recent literature with special regard to long-term observation of conservatively treated patients clearly shows that surgery is not required in any case of a first episode of severe diverticulitis, but should be recommended in high-risk patients under immunosuppression or chronic renal failure. In all other groups of patients the indication for surgery should be weighed on an individual basis after each episode, again aiming for the laparoscopic procedure. A therapeutic algorithm is proposed according to the Hansen-Stock classification.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein- und Visceralchirurgie, Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weimann
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie, Muldentalkliniken, Grimma, Deutschland.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH, Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schiefke
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D000465:Algorithms; D003082:Colectomy; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors