This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by David Flum during the Emerging Treatment for Diverticulitis: Making Sense of the Evidence Amidst the Controversy on April 13 2018
Keyword(s): abscess, aging, antibiotics, appendectomy, Australia, autopsy, CODA trial, colon, colonoscopy, Comparison of Surgery & best Medical Management on the Impact of Diverticulitis, COSMID, DEBUT, depression, diagnosis, dictation, disease burden, diverticula, diverticulitis, Diverticulitis Evaluation of Patient Burden, Utilization & Trajectory, Dutch, elective colectomy, elective surgery, emergency colectomy, emerging treatment, England, epidemic, epidemiology, episode, fellows, gastrointestinal, GI, hospital admissions, hospitalization, incidence, innovation, inpatient, insurance, laparoscopic surgery, marketscan, medical record, national healthsystem, national inpatient sample, NSQIP, outpatient, perforation, peritonitis, QoL, quality of life, recurrence, SCOAP, sigmoid colon, Surgical Care & Outcomes Assessment Program, therapy, U.S., United States
Citations–3:42 Ann Surg 2009
Surgical care & outcomes assessment program–11:14
Citations–12:04 Dis Colon Rectum 2014
Take home points–13:17
Acknowledgements–13:56
Selected references–14:11 Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013