This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Maria A Khalil & Simone Arolfo during the Diverticulitis Consensus Conference on April 12 2018
Keyword(s): acute complicated diverticulitis, clinical status, conversion rate, damage control strategies, diffuse peritonitis, emergency surgery, expert, Hartmanns procedure, hemodynamically unstable, Hinchey III, HP, indications, laparoscopic approach, laparoscopic sigmoid resection, morbidity, mortality, observational, open colon resection, operative management, perforated diverticulitis, primary anastomosis, proximal diversion, reversal Hartmanns procedure, sepsis, SFM, sigmoid resection, single center study, splenic flexure mobilization, stoma, surgical strategy, survey, temporary abdominal closure, unstable patient
Question 5.1: What are the indications for and timing of emergency surgery in acute complicated diverticulitis?–26 sec
Question 5.2: What is the role of laparoscopic resection for diverticulitis in the emergency setting? 1:21
Citation–2:08 Am J Surg 2015
Question 5.3: What is the optimal surgical strategy for diverticulitis in the emergency setting?–4:52
Question 5.4: What is the recommended extent of sigmoid resection and what is the best practice for SFM for diverticulitis?–7:01