Surgical resection does not avoid the risk of diverticulitis recurrence-a systematic review of risk factors.

Gregoire Longchamp Ziad Abbassi Jérémy Meyer Christian Toso Nicolas C Buchs Frédéric Ris

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2020)

Identification of preoperative variables that predict the occurrence of diverticulitis recurrence should help surgical decision-making for elective sigmoidectomy, while peri- and postoperative factors should be taken into account for optimal patient follow-up.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
risk factors
decision making
free survival
risk assessment
bioinformatics analysis