Conservative Treatment in Diverticulitis Patients with Pericolic Extraluminal Air and the Role of Antibiotic Treatment.

H E BolkensteinS T van DijkE C J ConstenB G F HeggelmanC M A HoeksI A M J BroedersM A BoermeesterW A Draaisma

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)

Conservative treatment in diverticulitis patients with isolated pericolic air is a suitable treatment strategy. Moreover, non-antibiotic treatment might be reasonable in selected patients.

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