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World J Gastrointest Surg. Nov 27, 2017; 9(11): 224-232
Published online Nov 27, 2017. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v9.i11.224
Colorectal surgeon consensus with diverticulitis clinical practice guidelines
Javariah Siddiqui, Assad Zahid, Jonathan Hong, Christopher John Young
Javariah Siddiqui, Assad Zahid, Jonathan Hong, Christopher John Young, Discipline of Surgery, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Assad Zahid, Jonathan Hong, Christopher John Young, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data, as well as drafting and critically revising the manuscript; Siddiqui J was additionally responsible for the acquisition of data.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Human and Research Ethics Committee, The University of Sydney and the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New-Zealand for distribution to members.
Informed consent statement: Submission of the completed survey was an indication of the surgeon’s consent to participate in the study. This was mentioned in the participant information sheet (attached) to all members of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Nil conflicts of interests, nil funding from grants.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Christopher John Young, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FACS, FASCRS, Professor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Suite 415, 100 Carillon Ave, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia. cyoungnsw@aol.com
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Received: August 6, 2017
Peer-review started: August 7, 2017
First decision: September 7, 2017
Revised: September 24, 2017
Accepted: October 16, 2017
Article in press: October 17, 2017
Published online: November 27, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: This study illustrates colorectal surgeon specialist consensus with clinical practice guidelines for diverticulitis. While consensus occurred with the majority of guideline recommendations, areas with lack of consensus and even consensus that disagrees with guidelines focuses where future research efforts should be placed.