S Shaikh1, Z H Krukowski. 1. Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A conservative policy for patients presenting with acute sigmoid diverticulitis is associated with a low operation rate, and low overall and operative mortality rates. The long-term consequences of such a policy were investigated. METHODS: Data were collected prospectively for 232 patients with acute sigmoid diverticulitis between 1990 and 2004. Details of all subsequent readmissions were obtained and survival to August 2005 was analysed. RESULTS: Of the 232 patients admitted, 60 (25.9 per cent) were known to have diverticulosis; in 172 patients it was a new diagnosis. Thirty-eight patients (16.4 per cent) underwent sigmoid resection, with one death. Three elderly patients in whom a decision was made not to operate had perforated diverticulitis at autopsy. Of 191 patients discharged without resection, 35 (18.3 per cent) subsequently underwent sigmoid resection: 26 (13.6 per cent) elective and nine (4.7 per cent) emergency, with one death. CONCLUSION: A conservative policy is safe in both the short term and the long term. Copyright (c) 2007 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
BACKGROUND: A conservative policy for patients presenting with acute sigmoid diverticulitis is associated with a low operation rate, and low overall and operative mortality rates. The long-term consequences of such a policy were investigated. METHODS: Data were collected prospectively for 232 patients with acute sigmoid diverticulitis between 1990 and 2004. Details of all subsequent readmissions were obtained and survival to August 2005 was analysed. RESULTS: Of the 232 patients admitted, 60 (25.9 per cent) were known to have diverticulosis; in 172 patients it was a new diagnosis. Thirty-eight patients (16.4 per cent) underwent sigmoid resection, with one death. Three elderly patients in whom a decision was made not to operate had perforated diverticulitis at autopsy. Of 191 patients discharged without resection, 35 (18.3 per cent) subsequently underwent sigmoid resection: 26 (13.6 per cent) elective and nine (4.7 per cent) emergency, with one death. CONCLUSION: A conservative policy is safe in both the short term and the long term. Copyright (c) 2007 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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