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Early elective versus elective sigmoid resection in diverticular disease: not only timing matters-a single institutional retrospective review of 133 patients.

Sascha VaghiriDavid Mario JagallaDimitrios PrassasWolfram Trudo KnoefelAndreas Krieg
Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2022)
Both, timing of surgery and the disease stage, influence the conversion rates in laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for diverticular disease. Accordingly, patients with complicated acute or chronic sigmoid diverticulitis should be operated in the inflammation-free interval.
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