title: What is the current role of laparoscopic lavage in perforated diverticulitis?
authors.affiliation: From the Queen's Medical Center (W.L.B.), Honolulu, Hawaii; Department of Surgery (F.A.M.), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and Department of Surgery (E.E.M.), Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Walter L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Biffl
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Ernest E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation