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9411173

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
The full significance of laparoscopic technique in elective surgery of sigmoid diverticulitis has yet to be determined. However, it seems worthwhile to evaluate how minimally invasive surgery could be integrated into the surgical treatment of diverticulitis disease. Between January 1995 and August 1996, 26 patients with sigmoid diverticulitis underwent elective surgery. Following diagnostic laparoscopy, seven patients were treated with primary conventional resection, 15 patients with laparoscopic resection and four patients with laparoscopic-assisted surgery. One laparoscopic resection had to be converted to a median laparotomy. Postoperative complications (n = 2) only appeared in the group of conventional resections. Conventional resections required less time than laparoscopic or laparoscopic-assisted resections, but postoperatively, patients with laparoscopic resection were able to defecate sooner and required a shorter hospital stay. For 60% of the patients with diverticulitis disease of the colon, elective laparoscopic resection may prove to be the best alternative of surgical treatment. In selected patients it is a sound technique with a low complication rate. We recommend that all patients with diverticulitis disease requiring elective surgery undergo diagnostic laparoscopy to determine whether or not laparoscopic resection is a viable option.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0023-8236
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
382
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
266-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Progress in laparoscopic sigmoid resection in elective surgical therapy of sigmoid diverticulitis].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract