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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
In the past 5 1/2 years, 71 patients with diverticulitis were operated on--20.8% of all cases of diverticulitis admitted to the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center. Operative mortality was 22%, primarily because of delayed diagnosis, inadequate surgery, and a high incidence of associated disease. Only 20% of patients operated on had a previous history of diverticular disease. Hemorrhage was the indication for surgery in 16 cases; in this situation, a subtotal colectomy in one stage is the operation of choice. Perforation was the indication in 47 cases, eight of these being acute and with free air under the diaphragm. In cases with peritoneal contamination, a two-stage procedure (removing the diseased portion of colon at stage one) is advocated. Colostomy without drainage, or closure of a free perforation, is condemned.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
232
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
830-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical treatment of diverticulitis. Experience at a large Municipal Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article