The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Emergency surgery in acute diverticulitis: a systematic review. Dis Colon Rectum 2020; 63: 397-405.

Published: 25th August 2020

Authors: Beyer-Berjot L, Maggiori L, Loiseau D, Korwin J-D, Bongiovanni J-P, Lesprit P et al.

Conclusion

Seventy-one articles were included. Laparoscopic lavage was associated with increased morbidity. Patients who had a Hartmann’s procedure had a shorter duration of stay but a poorer long-term outcome compared with those who had primary resection and anastomosis.

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