ReviewWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2017
A historical review of surgery for peritonitis secondary to acute colonic diverticulitis: from Lockhart-Mummery to evidence-based medicine.
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- The role of damage control surgery in the treatment of perforated colonic diverticulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Pooled it
- Damage control surgery for the treatment of perforated acute colonic diverticulitis: A systematic review.Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Perforated sigmoid diverticulitis: Hartmann's procedure or resection with primary anastomosis-a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials.Techniques in coloproctology · 2018Pooled it
- Laparoscopic primary suture repair of sigmoid perforation due to a chicken bone: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Combination of radiomic and clinical characteristics to predict mortality in patients with colorectal perforation.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Article
- A forecasting method of postoperative intestinal paralysis and its timely resolution.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2023Article
- The results of rapid source control laparotomy or open abdomen for acute diverticulitis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
- The WSES/SICG/ACOI/SICUT/AcEMC/SIFIPAC guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute left colonic diverticulitis in the elderly.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022Review
- Laparoscopic Lavage in the Management of Hinchey III/IV Diverticulitis.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2021Review
- Short- and long-term outcomes for primary anastomosis versus Hartmann's procedure in Hinchey III and IV diverticulitis: a multivariate logistic regression analysis of risk factors.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Article
- Drains, Germs, or Steel: Multidisciplinary Management of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2020Review
- Does Helium Pneumoperitoneum Reduce the Hyperinflammatory Response in Septic Animals during Laparoscopy?Surgery research and practice · 2020Article
- [Evidence for standard surgical procedures: appendicitis, diverticulitis and cholecystitis].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2019Review
- An outcome analysis of laparoscopic management of diverticulitis.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2018Observational
- Laparoscopic Lavage in Complicated Diverticulitis with Colonic Perforation, Always Be Closing?Case reports in gastroenterologyArticle
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Abstract
The management of patients with colonic diverticular perforation is still evolving. Initial lavage with or without simple suture and drainage was suggested in the late 19th century, replaced progressively by the three-stage Mayo Clinic or the two-stage Mickulicz procedures. Fears of inadequate source control prompted the implementation of the resection of the affected segment of colon with formation of a colostomy (Hartman procedure) in the 1970's. Ensuing development of the treatment strategies was driven by the recognition of the high morbidity and mortality and low reversal rates associated with the Hartman procedure. This led to the wider use of resection and primary anastomosis during the 1990's. The technique of lavage and drainage regained popularity during the 1990's. This procedure can also be performed laparoscopically with the advantage of faster recovery and shorter hospital stay. This strategy allows resectional surgery to be postponed or avoided altogether in many patients; and higher rates of primary resection and anastomosis can be achieved avoiding the need for a stoma. The three recent randomized controlled trials comparing laparoscopic peritoneal lavage alone to resectional surgery reported inconsistent outcomes. The aim of this review is to review the historical evolution and future reflections of surgical treatment modalities for diffuse purulent and feculent peritonitis. In this review we classified the various surgical strategies according to Krukowski et al. and Vermeulen et al. and reviewed the literature related to surgical treatment separately for each period.
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