Stoma reversal after surgery for complicated acute diverticulitis: A multicentre retrospective study.

Unlabelled: INTRODUCTION THE AIM: was to analyse the stoma reversal rate after surgery for complicated acute diverticulitis (CAD), and more specifically the end-stoma-reversal, as well as the delay, feasibility, complications and risk factors for stoma maintenance.

Methods: A multicentre retrospective study of patients who had undergone urgent surgery for CAD with stoma formation in ten hospitals during a period of 6 years. The frequency of reversal over time and the factors affecting the decision for reversal were analysed.

Surgical treatment of acute diverticulitis. A retrospective multicentre study.

Introduction: To analyze short and medium-term results of different surgical techniques in the treatment of complicated acute diverticulitis (CAD).

Methods: Multicentre retrospective study including patients operated on as surgical emergency or deferred-urgency with the diagnosis of CAD.

Results: A series of 385 patients: 218 men and 167 women, mean age 64.

Hartmann's operation: how often is it reversed and at what cost? A multicentre study.

Aim: The study evaluated the rate of reversal of Hartmann's operation after the initial surgery and its morbidity.

Method: A multicentre retrospective study was carried out in seven hospitals in the Valencia area of patients who underwent Hartmann's operation from 2004 to 2008. The incidence of reversal was determined.