Acute Diverticulitis
Research conducted at University of Strasbourg has updated our knowledge about acute diverticulitis
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 19th, 2009
In this recent article published in the journal Annals of Surgery, scientists in Strasbourg, France conducted a study "To prospectively determine the functional impact of elective laparoscopic sigmoidectomy after prior acute diverticulitis. Decision-analysis for elective colonic resection after acute diverticulitis is predicated on future risk estimates of disease recurrence and complication rates."
"Quality of life alone is rarely countenanced as sufficient to warrant the supposed risk of intervention. Consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for prior diverticulitis over 18 months were studied at baseline (preoperative) and again...
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