GuidelineWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2020
2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting.
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Guideline in World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05549076 (Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections - the Greek Reality), which is not on this map. Cited by 171 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections - the Greek Reality: a Prospective Observational Study
Who cites it
171 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 364 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis on key controversies in the management of diverticular disease: a multi-society collaboration.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Diverticulitis-Associated Mesenteric Venous Thrombophlebitis: A Case Report and Systematic Review of Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes.The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2026Pooled it
- The role of non-operative management (NOM) in perforated diverticulitis: a systematic review.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Are Nuts Safe in Diverticulosis? A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Available Evidence.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- SAGES white paper on antibiotic omission in the management of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: why, when, who, and most importantly, how.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Guideline
- EAES rapid guideline: surgical management of complicated diverticulitis - with ESCP participation.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Guideline
- ESR Essentials: image guided drainage of fluid collections-practice recommendations by the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.European radiology · 2025Guideline
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the management of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: time to change traditional practice.International journal of colorectal disease · 2024Pooled it
- Should we encourage the use of robotic technologies in complicated diverticulitis? Results of systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Pooled it
- Robotic surgery in emergency setting: 2021 WSES position paper.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022Pooled it
- Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2021Pooled it
- Appraisal of the current guidelines for the management of diverticular disease using the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2021Pooled it
- AGA Clinical Practice Update on Medical Management of Colonic Diverticulitis: Expert Review.Gastroenterology · 2021Guideline
- Accuracy of Prediction Models in Diagnosis of Acute Diverticulitis.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Pooled it
- Retrorectus mesh reinforcement of ileostomy site fascial closure: stoma closure and reinforcement (SCAR) trial phase I/II results.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Trial
- Damage control surgery and open abdomen in Hinchey III-IV acute diverticulitis: current practice from a nationwide Italian survey.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Impact of elective minimally invasive sigmoidectomy for diverticular disease on quality of life: a single-center study.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Diagnostic pitfalls and management patterns of pediatric right-sided colonic diverticulitis: a single-center retrospective study.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Article
- Short- and long-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic resection for diverticular disease: a comparative study from a tertiary referral center.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Short- and long-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic resection for diverticular disease: a comparative study from a tertiary referral center.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
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61 authors at 20 institutions in 26 countries.
Massimo SartelliDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy. massimosartelli@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3202-7542
Dieter G WeberDepartment of General Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Yoram KlugerDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Luca AnsaloniGeneral Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
Federico CoccoliniGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Fikri Abu-ZidanDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Goran AugustinDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Offir Ben-IshayDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Walter L BifflTrauma Surgery Department, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Konstantinos BouliarisSurgical Department and ICU Department, General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
Rodolfo CatenaDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Parma Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Marco CeresoliDepartment of General and Emergency Surgery, ASST, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Osvaldo ChiaraGeneral Surgery and Trauma Team, University of Milano, ASST Niguarda Milano, Milan, Italy.
Massimo ChiarugiGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Raul CoimbraRiverside University Health System Medical Center, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Moreno Valley, CA, USA.
Francesco CorteseEmergency Surgery Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Yunfeng CuiDepartment of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Dimitris DamaskosDepartment of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Gian Luigi De' AngelisGastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Samir DelibegovicDepartment of Surgery, University Clinical Center of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zaza DemetrashviliDepartment General Surgery, Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Belinda De SimoneDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Guastalla Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Francesco Di MarzoGeneral Surgery, Versilia Hospital, UslNordovest, Tuscany, Italy.
Salomone Di SaverioColorectal Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Therese M DuaneEnvision Healthcare, Dallas, TX, USA.
Mario Paulo FaroDepartment of General Surgery, Trauma and Emergency Surgery Division, ABC Medical School, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
Gustavo P FragaTrauma/Acute Care Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
George GkiokasSecond Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Carlos Augusto GomesDepartment of Surgery, Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Timothy C HardcastleTrauma Service, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, Durban, South Africa.
Andreas HeckerDepartment of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Aleksandar KaramarkovicClinic for Emergency Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Jeffry KashukDepartment of Surgery, Assia Medical Group, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Vladimir KhokhaDepartment of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus.
Andrew W KirkpatrickGeneral, Acute Care, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Kenneth Y Y KokDepartment of Surgery, The Brunei Cancer Centre, Jerudong Park, Brunei.
Kenji InabaDivision of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Arda IsikDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Francesco M LabricciosaGlobal Alliance for Infections in Surgery, Porto, Portugal.
Rifat LatifiDepartment of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Ari LeppäniemiAbdominal Center, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland.
Andrey LitvinSurgical Disciplines, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University/Regional Clinical Hospital, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation.
John E MazuskiDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA.
Ronald V MaierDepartment of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sanjay MarwahDepartment of Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India.
Michael McFarlaneDepartment of Surgery, Radiology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Ernest E MooreDepartment of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA.
Frederick A MooreDepartment of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, and Center for Sepsis and Critical Illness Research, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ionut NegoiDepartment of Surgery, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Leonardo PaganiInfectious Diseases Unit, Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy.
Kemal RasaDepartment of Surgery, Anadolu Medical Center, Kocaali, Turkey.
Ines Rubio-PerezGeneral Surgery Department, Colorectal Surgery Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Boris SakakushevGeneral Surgery Department, Medical University, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Norio SatoDepartment of Aeromedical Services for Emergency and Trauma Care, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
Gabriele SgangaEmergency Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Walter SiquiniDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
Antonio TarasconiDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Parma Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Matti TolonenAbdominal Center, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland.
Jan UlrychFirst Department of Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Sannop K ZachariahDepartment of Surgery, MOSC Medical College Kolenchery, Cochin, India.
Fausto CatenaDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Parma Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
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Abstract
Acute colonic diverticulitis is one of the most common clinical conditions encountered by surgeons in the acute setting. An international multidisciplinary panel of experts from the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) updated its guidelines for management of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) according to the most recent available literature. The update includes recent changes introduced in the management of ALCD. The new update has been further integrated with advances in acute right-sided colonic diverticulitis (ARCD) that is more common than ALCD in select regions of the world.
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Emergency Service, HospitalAcute DiseaseDiverticulitis, ColonicHumansAbscessAcute left-sided colonic diverticulitisAcute right-sided colonic diverticulitisPeritonitis
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