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2791771

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-14
pubmed:abstractText
Ninety-three patients who underwent surgery were studied retrospectively over a five-year period for complications of diverticular disease, including free perforation in 32 patients (with fecal peritonitis in 8), inflammation or peritonitis in 22 patients, an abscess in 11 patients, and intestinal obstruction in 14 patients. Sixty-eight patients (73 percent) had systemic symptoms and signs consistent with serious sepsis. There has been a growing popularity of the Hartmann procedure throughout the study period. The overall 30-day mortality rate was 10.8 percent. Because of a high proportion of poor-risk patients, the Hartmann group fared particularly badly compared with those who had other operations, with a 28 percent mortality rate, 69 percent incidence of major complications, and one third of the survivors having a permanent colostomy. Other operative procedures are discussed, but until prospective data become available, it is unlikely that the widespread popularity of the Hartmann procedure will decline. Therefore, the importance of meticulous attention to technical detail is stressed if results are to improve.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0012-3706
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
849-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Emergency surgery for complicated diverticular disease. A five-year experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article