Elective minimally invasive surgery for sigmoid diverticulitis: operative outcomes of patients with complicated versus uncomplicated disease.
Ido MizrahiMahmoud Abu-GazalaLaura M FernandezDimitri KrizzukArgyrios IoannidisSteven D WexnerPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2021)
Minimally invasive surgery for complicated diverticulitis resulted in higher rates of construction of proximal ileostomy and synchronous resections and longer operating times and length of hospital stay. Otherwise, it has outcomes that are not significantly different from the results recorded in patients with uncomplicated disease.