Surgical management of colonic diverticular disease: Discrepancy between right- and left-sided diseases

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2014; 20(29): 10115-10120
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Table 4 Postoperative outcomes of diverticulitis according to Hinchey’s criteria n (%)

	No peritonitis(n = 43)	Peritonitis(n = 25)	P value
Right/left	25/18	6/19	0.01
Emergency	4 (9.3)	24 (96.0)	< 0.01
Two-stage operation	1 (2.3)	20 (80.0)	< 0.01
Operation time (min)¹	125.1 ± 46.3	144.8 ± 44.2	0.09
Complications	8 (18.6)	19 (76.0)	< 0.01
Mortality	0 (0)	4 (16.0)	0.02

¹Date are expressed as mean ± SD. The no peritonitis group includes patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis or complicated diverticulitis classified as Hinchey grade 1 or 2. The peritonitis group includes patients with complicated diverticulitis classified as Hinchey grade 3 and 4.

Citation: Oh HK, Han EC, Ha HK, Choe EK, Moon SH, Ryoo SB, Jeong SY, Park KJ. Surgical management of colonic diverticular disease: Discrepancy between right- and left-sided diseases. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(29): 10115-10120
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i29/10115.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i29.10115