ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2016
Laparoscopic treatment of complicated colonic diverticular disease: A review.
Review in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Emergency minimally invasive versus open left-sided colonic resection for complicated diverticulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2026Pooled it
- German guideline diverticular disease/diverticulitis: Part II: Conservative, interventional and surgical management.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Guideline
- Minimally invasive versus open surgery for colonic diverticular disease: a nationwide analysis of German hospital data.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Article
- Current Aspects on the Management of Perforated Acute Diverticulitis: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- [Choice of operative procedure in diverticular disease : Taking the latest treatment strategies into consideration].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Review
- Complicated Diverticular Disease.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2021Review
- Laparoscopic Versus Open Emergent Sigmoid Resection for Perforated Diverticulitis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020Article
- Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage versus laparoscopic sigmoidectomy in complicated acute diverticulitis: a multicenter prospective observational study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2019Observational
- An outcome analysis of laparoscopic management of diverticulitis.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2018Observational
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Abstract
Up to 10% of acute colonic diverticulitis may necessitate a surgical intervention. Although associated with high morbidity and mortality rates, Hartmann's procedure (HP) has been considered for many years to be the gold standard for the treatment of generalized peritonitis. To reduce the burden of surgery in these situations and as driven by the accumulated experience in colorectal and minimally-invasive surgery, laparoscopy has been increasingly adopted in the management of abdominal emergencies. Multiple case series and retrospective comparative studies confirmed that with experienced hands, the laparoscopic approach provided better outcomes than the open surgery. This technique applies to all interventions related to complicated diverticular disease, such as HP, sigmoid resection with primary anastomosis (RPA) and reversal of HP. The laparoscopic approach also provided new therapeutic possibilities with the emergence of the laparoscopic lavage drainage (LLD), particularly interesting in the context of purulent peritonitis of diverticular origin. At this stage, however, most of our knowledge in these fields relies on studies of low-level evidence. More than ever, well-built large randomized controlled trials are necessary to answer present interrogations such as the exact place of LLD or the most appropriate sigmoid resection procedure (laparoscopic HP or RPA), as well as to confirm the advantages of laparoscopy in chronic complications of diverticulitis or HP reversal.
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