Two-year results of the randomized clinical trial DILALA comparing laparoscopic lavage with resection as treatment for perforated diverticulitis.
Kohl A, Rosenberg J, Bock D, Bisgaard T, Skullman S, Thornell A, Gehrman J, Angenete E, Haglind E.
Kohl A, et al.
Br J Surg. 2018 Aug;105(9):1128-1134. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10839. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
Br J Surg. 2018.
PMID: 29663316
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Clinical Trial.
BACKGROUND: Traditionally, perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis was treated with resection and colostomy (Hartmann's procedure), with inherent complications and risk of a permanent stoma. ...No difference was found in mean number of readmissions (1.37 versus …
BACKGROUND: Traditionally, perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis was treated with resection and colostomy (Hartmann's p …