ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2013
Non-operative treatment of right-sided colonic diverticulitis has good long-term outcome: a review of 226 patients.
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- Conservative treatment of uncomplicated right-sided diverticulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Pooled it
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- Comparison of surgical management and outcomes of acute right colic and sigmoid diverticulitis: a French national retrospective cohort study.Techniques in coloproctology · 2024Article
- Long-term results and quality of life after stapled hemorrhoidopexy vs Doppler-guided HAL-RAR: a propensity score matching analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2024Article
- Investigation of the clinical features and recurrence patterns of acute right-sided colonic diverticulitis: A retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Right-sided diverticulitis in a Western population.International journal of colorectal disease · 2022Article
- Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Right-Sided Diverticulitis: Over 15 Years of North American Experience.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Laparoscopic diverticulectomy versus non-operative treatment for uncomplicated right colonic diverticulitis.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Perforated cecal diverticulitis with CT diagnosis and medical management.Radiology case reports · 2019Article
- Asian patients with Hinchey Ia acute diverticulitis: a condition for the ambulatory setting?International journal of colorectal disease · 2018Article
- There Is No Role for Colonoscopy after Diverticulitis among Asian Patients Less than 50 Years of Age.Gastrointestinal tumors · 2017Article
- Management of Colonic Diverticulitis Tailored to Location and Severity: Comparison of the Right and the Left Colon.Annals of coloproctology · 2016Article
- Right-Sided Diverticulitis Requiring Colectomy: an Evolving Demographic? A Review of Surgical Outcomes from the National Inpatient Sample Database.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2016Article
- Uncommon Caecum Diverticulitis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis.Case reports in surgery · 2016Article
- Intraoperative diagnosis of solitary cecal diverticulum not requiring surgery: is appendectomy indicated?World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2016Review
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Abstract
introductionData highlighting the long-term outcome following an initial episode of right-sided colonic diverticulitis is lacking. This study aims to evaluate and follow up on all patients with right-sided colonic diverticulitis.
methodsA retrospective review of all patients who were discharged with a diagnosis of right-sided colonic diverticulitis from January 2003 to April 2008 was performed.
resultsA total of 226 patients, with a median age of 49 (range, 16-93) years, were admitted for acute right-sided colonic diverticulitis. The majority of the patients (n = 198, 87.6 %) had mild diverticulitis (Hinchey Ia and Ib). Seventy-three (32.3 %) patients underwent emergency surgery. The indications of surgery were predominantly suspected appendicitis (n = 50, 22.1 %) and perforated diverticulitis (n = 16, 7.1 %). Right hemicolectomy was performed in 32 (43.8 %) patients, while appendectomy, with or without diverticulectomy, was performed in the rest (n = 41, 56.2 %). There were seven patients who underwent elective right hemicolectomy after their acute admissions.Over a median duration of 64 (12-95) months, there were only nine patients who were readmitted 12 times for recurrent diverticulitis at a median duration of 17 (1-48) months from the index admission. The freedom from failure (recurrent attacks or definitive surgery (right hemicolectomy)) at 60 months was 92.0 % (95 % Confidence interval 86.1 %-97.9 %).
conclusionRight-sided diverticulitis is commonly encountered in the Asian population and often gets misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis. If successfully managed conservatively, the long-term outcome is excellent.
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