[Update: Management of colonic diverticulitis].

Kohler, Andreas; Studer, Peter; Brügger, Lukas (2020). [Update: Management of colonic diverticulitis]. Therapeutische Umschau, 77(4), pp. 157-163. Huber 10.1024/0040-5930/a001170

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Update: Management of colonic diverticulitis Abstract. Several classification systems exist for diverticulosis and diverticulitis. We preferably use the "Classification of Diverticular Disease" (CDD) to grade the severity of disease. This classification is based on imaging by CT scan or ultrasound. The CDD system divides patients into categories with a common therapeutic strategy. Acute uncomplicated diverticulitis is treated by oral or intravenous antibiotics. For the majority of patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, antibiotic therapy might be omitted in favor of a solely symptomatic therapy. Acute diverticulitis complicated by a relevant abscess or a perforation is treated by interventional drainage or surgical therapy. Resection with primary anastomosis replaces more and more resection with end colostomy (Hartmann's procedure). For patients with sepsis, the concept of damage control surgery has been introduced. The indication for elective surgery after conservative treatment of diverticulitis shall be dictated by the degree of the patient's symptoms, rather than the number of conservatively treated episodes of diverticulitis. Persisting complications, as fistulas and stenosis, represent an indication for elective colonic resection.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Visceral Surgery 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Viszeralchirurgie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Viszeralchirurgie
UniBE Contributor:	Kohler, Andreas, Studer, Peter, Brügger, Lukas
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0040-5930
Publisher:	Huber
Language:	German
Submitter:	Rahel Fuhrer
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2020 08:17
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:42
Publisher DOI:	10.1024/0040-5930/a001170
PubMed ID:	32772693
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/148653