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ReviewClinics in colon and rectal surgery2025

Success in Diverticulitis Management: What Outcomes Really Matter?

Alexander T Hawkins, Thomas E Ueland

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Review in Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alexander T HawkinsDivision of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Thomas E UelandVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

Funding

Novel Assessment of the Role of Surgery in Recurrent DiverticulitisK23DK118192 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAWKINS, ALEXANDER THARRINGTON · 2018 to 2022
$788k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK118192
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Achieving optimal outcomes is a universal goal among health care providers. However, disagreement often arises when selecting and measuring endpoints as markers of care performance. In diverticulitis, this task is complicated by variability in clinical presentation and existence of multiple evidence-based therapeutic options. The aim of this review is to summarize trends and challenges in outcomes measurement for diverticulitis. We discuss historical origins and compare existing frameworks for classifying outcomes. Next, focus is directed to an exploration of important outcomes through clinical controversies: antibiotics for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis, colectomy with primary anastomosis for acute complicated diverticulitis, and elective colectomy for recurrent diverticulitis. Finally, we review recommendations supporting case-by-case decision-making and implications for clinicians, in addition to ongoing international efforts to standardize outcomes that matter for common diseases.

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diverticulitisoutcomes measurementpatient-reported outcome measuresshared decision-making

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PMID40501525
PMCPMC12151586

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