ReviewClinical and experimental gastroenterology2016
Acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis: clinical expressions, therapeutic insights, and role of computed tomography.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antibiotics for uncomplicated diverticulitis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Laparoscopic approaches to complicated diverticulitis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2018Pooled it
- Hi ChatGPT, I am a Radiologist, How can you help me?La Radiologia medica · 2025Review
- Comparison of Non-Contrast CT vs. Contrast-Enhanced CT with Both Intravenous and Rectal Contrast Application for Diagnosis of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis: A Multireader, Retrospective Single-Center Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Management of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis without antibiotics: compliance and outcomes -a retrospective cohort study.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Article
- CT colonography followed by elective surgery in patients with acute diverticulitis: a radiological-pathological correlation study.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2021Article
- Management of perforated diverticulitis with generalized peritonitis. A multidisciplinary review and position paper.Techniques in coloproctology · 2021Review
- Acute diverticulitis masquerading as unilateral sciatica-like symptoms.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2020Article
- Observational
- Diverticular Disease in the Elderly.Current gastroenterology reports · 2019Review
- Antibiotics in Uncomplicated Acute Diverticulitis: To Give or Not to Give?Inflammatory intestinal diseases · 2018Review
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Abstract
The diagnostic approach of patients with suspected acute diverticulitis remains debated. On the one hand, a scoring system with the best predictive value in diagnosing acute diverticulitis has been developed in order to reduce the use of computed tomography (CT) scan, while, on the other hand, patients with a high probability of acute diverticulitis should benefit from CT scan from a clinical viewpoint, ensuring that they will receive the most appropriate treatment. The place and classification of CT scan for acute diverticulitis need to be reassessed. If the management of uncomplicated acute diverticulitis, abscess, and fecal peritonitis is now well codified, urgent surgical or medical treatment of hemodynamically stable patients presenting with intraperitoneal air or fluid without uncontrolled sepsis is still under discussion. Furthermore, the indications for laparoscopic lavage are not yet well established. It is known for years that episode(s) of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis may induce painful recurrent bowel symptoms, known as symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease and irritable bowel syndrome-like diverticular disease. These two clinical expressions of diverticular disease, that may darken quality of life, are treated medically aimed at symptom relief. The possible place of surgery should be discussed. Clinical and CT scan classifications should be separated entities.
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