Update on the management of sigmoid diverticulitis

Table 5 Randomized controlled trials comparing laparoscopic peritoneal lavage for perforated diverticulitis

Ref.	Number of patients	Morbidity (%)	Mortality (%)	Nonresolution (%)	Recurrence (%)	Elective resection (%)	No resection needed (%)
LADIES/LOLA[154]
-Laparoscopic lavage	47	44	2	20	13	2	52
-Sigmoidectomy	43	29	1	N/A	N/A	71	N/A
SCANDIV[155]
-Laparoscopic lavage	101	26	8	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
-Sigmoidectomy	98	14	7	N/A	N/A	Not recorded	N/A
DILALA[156]
-Laparoscopic lavage	43	21	8	Not recorded	0	0	Not recorded
-Open Hartmann’s	40	17	11	N/A	N/A	Not recorded	N/A

N/A: Not applicable; LOLA: L-ornithine L-aspartate; SCANDIV: Scandinavian diverticulitis.