Elective surgical treatment of diverticulitis.

Elective surgical resection in cases of diverticulitis should be offered to patients who have experienced two episodes. High-risk patients such as immunocompromised individuals or transplant patients may warrant resection after one episode. It is controversial whether young patients or patients with right-sided diverticulitis need to be treated differently.

Is ileoanal pouch function stable with time? Results of a prospective audit.

Purpose: Good continence is reported after ileal pouch-anal reconstruction, but little is known about long-term durability. Our aim was to prospectively evaluate long-term function in these patients.

Methods: Surveys were sent to 235 patients who had returned similar surveys in 1992; paired data were then compared with contingency tables.