Can’t we all agree? Controversy & agreement among international guidelines

This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Patricia Sylla during the Emerging Treatment for Diverticulitis: Making Sense of the Evidence Amidst the Controversy on April 13 2018

Keyword(s): abscess, ABX, acute complicated diverticulitis, acute uncomplicated diverticulitis, American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, antibiotics, ASCRS, AVOD trial, classification, clinical practice, cohort, colonoscopy, consensus assessment, CT scan, damage control, demographics, DIABOLO trial, diet, diversion, diverticular bleeding, diverticular disease, diverticulitis consensus conference, drainage, EAES, elective colon resection, elective surgery, emergency surgery, emerging treatment, European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, evidence based, expert, Family Practice Society, feculent diverticulitis, fiber, German, GRADE, Hartmanns procedure, high level evidence, Hinchey III, immunosuppressants, immunosuppression, indications for surgery, international guidelines, interventional radiology, IR drainage, laparoscopy, lavage, literature review, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs, obesity, outpatient, pelvic abscess, percutaneous drainage, peritonitis, physical activity, Polish, presentation, probiotcs, QoL, quality of life, randomized controlled trials, RCTs, recommendations, resection, secondary prevention, surgical technique, trials, U.S., ultrasound, United States, World Society of Emergency Surgery

Citation–1:23 Int J Colorectal Dis 2018

Quality of evidence used in guidelines–2:36

Guideline concordance on classification–5:22

Guideline concordance on risk factors–6:03

Guideline concordance on diagnosis–6:25

Guideline concordance on outpt tx–6:59

Citations–7:26 Br J Surg 2012

Br J Surg 2017

Guideline concordance on bleeding & prevention–7:48

Guideline concordance on surgical tx–8:08

Guidelines on indications & timing of elective resection–8:30

Guideline on concordance on surgical tx–9:12

Laparoscopy in emergency setting–9:34

Rapid changes in recommendations for peritonitis in Hinchey III/IV–9:52