... with CT-moderate diverticulitis. Finally, we found that the location of the diseased segment, which is important to guide the type of resection in case of elective surgery, varies in 35% of patients who had 2 episodes of acute diverticulitis. Conclusion: CT is the indispensable tool both to confirm...

... of diverticulitis. The corollary of this is that patients having had acute diverticulitis do not run the risk of developing life-threatening complications without elective surgery. The complications of left-sided colonic resection are not inconsiderable with anastomotic leaks, the formation of a stoma, either...