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ArticleAnnals of coloproctology2023

Right-sided acute diverticulitis in the West: experience at a university hospital in Argentina.

René M Palacios Huatuco, Diana A Pantoja Pachajoa, Julian E Liaño, Héctor A Picón Molina, Rafael Palencia, Alejandro M Doniquian, Matías Parodi

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Article in Annals of coloproctology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06153030 (Unexpected Diagnosis in Right Lower Quadrant Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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NCT06153030 completednot on this map

Unexpected Diagnosis in Right Lower Quadrant Pain: Right Colon Diverticulitis

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorHaydarpasa Numune Training and Research HospitalRan2018 to 2023Enrolled20ConditionsDiverticulitis, ColonicArmsno intervention
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

René M Palacios HuatucoGeneral Surgery Service, Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Diana A Pantoja PachajoaGeneral Surgery Service, Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Julian E LiañoGeneral Surgery Service, Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Héctor A Picón MolinaGeneral Surgery Service, Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Rafael PalenciaGeneral Surgery Service, Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Alejandro M DoniquianGeneral Surgery Service, Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Matías ParodiGeneral Surgery Service, Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Universidad Católica de Córdoba · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn the West, diverticular disease is located mainly in the left colon. However, it can also present in the right colon, with an incidence of 1% to 2% in Caucasians. The purpose of this study was to describe our experience in right-sided acute diverticulitis (RD).

methodsIn this retrospective study, 410 patients with acute diverticulitis treated from 2013 to 2020 were included in a university hospital in Córdoba, Argentina. Colonic diverticulitis was stratified into 2 groups; RD and left-sided acute diverticulitis. Demographic and clinical variables, laboratory and imaging findings, type of treatment, follow-up, and recurrence were analyzed.

resultsSixteen patients (3.9%) with RD were identified; 62.5% were male and the mean age was 40.7±11.7 years. A total of 81.3% were Caucasian and 18.7% Native American. Significant differences were found between both groups of diverticulitis; patients with RD were younger (P=0.001), with lower BMI (P=0.01), comorbidity rate (P=0.01), Charlson comorbidity index (P=0.02), hospital stay (P=0.01), severity according to the Hinchey classification (P=0.001) and had a lower recurrence rate (P=0.001). There were no significant differences in sex (P=0.95), duration of pain until admission (P=0.05), laboratory findings (P=0.23) and treatment (P=0.34).

conclusionConservative treatment predominated in RD, with a lower rate of complications and recurrences, providing data that support conservative therapy as initial treatment in RD in our environment.

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Colonic diverticulitisConservative treatmentHepatic flexureNeutrophil to lymphocyte ratioSouth America

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