Treating acute colonic diverticulitis with extraluminal pericolic air: An  Acute Care Surgery in the Netherlands (ACCSENT) multicenter retrospective cohort study

Owing to improved quality of computed tomography, a new category of complicated acute diverticulitis, including patients with pericolic air but without abscess formation, can be defined (Hinchey 1a). Recent studies question whether this new category of acute diverticulitis could be treated as uncomplicated cases. The aim of our study is to report on the clinical course of acute diverticulitis Hinchey 1a in current clinical practice.

Source: Surgery - November 27, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Sanne Vogels, Martine Frouws, Annelien N. Morks, Daphne Roos, Jephta van den Bremer, Sacha M.P. Koch, Robin H.M. Smithuis, Rigo Hoencamp, Gwendolyn M. van der Wilden Source Type: research