Conclusively, current medical and surgical therapy of acute diverticulitis is effective ... to be higher in patients undergoing emergency surgery than those treated conservatively, this finding ...

Four-year results found diverticulitis recurred in 16% of the surgery group versus 92% of the those who received conservative treatment. In patients who opted for surgery later, the major ...

Symptoms of diverticulitis typically include sudden lower abdominal pain often on the left side. Some patients also ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among patients with recurrent diverticulitis, surgery may offer a viable option to ...

Surgery may not be needed in many cases, even among people who experience a complication of diverticulitis. Antibiotics, for ...

"A diverticulitis attack that — I had a perforation ... bottle and it going through your insides." Rogers had to have surgery. "The doctor explained to me if I did wait and I had another attack ...

In patients with recurring, persistent painful, or complicated diverticulitis, early surgery prevented recurrences but did not significantly improve quality of life (QOL) compared with ...