title: What is the preferred surgery for perforated left-sided diverticulitis?
authors.forename: Elijah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: W Donald
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Buie
authors.forename: Charles P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Heise
mesh_terms: D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000379:methods*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000601:surgery*