Critical Appraisal on the Role and Outcome of Emergency Colectomy for Uncomplicated Right‐sided Colonic Diverticulitis
World Journal of Surgery2007Vol. 31(2), pp. 383–387
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Wing‐Wa Leung, Janet F. Y. Lee, Shirley Y.W. Liu, Jennifer WC Mou, Simon Ng, Raymond Y. C. Yiu, Jimmy C. M. Li
Abstract
Emergency colectomy can eradicate suspicious lesions and eliminate risk of recurrent diverticulitis but at the expense of higher morbidity rates. As the natural course of uncomplicated right-sided colonic diverticulitis is usually benign, conservative treatment with minimal surgery may be a better therapeutic option.
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