This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Nathan Curtis & Daniel A Hashimoto during the Diverticulitis Consensus Conference on April 12 2018
Keyword(s): abdominal infection, abscess, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic therapy, chronic renal failure, clinical suspicion, colon, complicated diverticulitis, complications, CT scan, diabetics, drains, elective surgery, emergency setting, emergency surgery, expert opinion, experts, extraluminal air, first line therapy, fistulae, hematological cancer, hemorrhage, Hinchey Ib, Hinchey II, Hinchey III, immunosuppressed, laparoscopic lavage, long-term follow-up, meta-analysis, metastatic cancer, minimal access surgery, mortality, non-operative management, non-resection management, observational studies, percutaneous drainage, perforation, peri-colonic air, protocol, QoL, quality of life, radiological evidence, re-intervention, readmission, recurrence, relapse, reoperation, resection, steroids, stoma, subdiaphragmatic, surgical treatment, transplant
Question 4.1: What is the non-operative management of complicated acute diverticulitis?–23 sec
Question 4.2: What is the role of laparoscopic lavage in the management of diverticulitis?–3:53
Citations–5:12 J Gastrointest Surg 2017
Question 4.3: When is surgical treatment indicated in acute complicated diverticulitis?–8:50
Question 4.4: How should complicated diverticulitis be managed in specific patient groups?–11:38
Citations 12:35 Am J Surg 2012