Outcome and prognostic factors of morbidity and mortality in perforated sigmoid diverticulitis.

The aim of this study was to assess the outcomes after treatment of patients with this condition and to identify prognostic factors of morbidity and mortality. From 1986 to 2005, the charts of 114 consecutive patients who were treated for perforated sigmoid diverticulitis were retrospectively reviewed. Thirty-three patients (28.

Presentation, management and outcome of acute sigmoid diverticulitis requiring hospitalization.

Aim: This study was conducted to assess the presentation, management, and outcomes of patients with acute sigmoid diverticulitis requiring hospitalization.

Methods: From 1986 to 2005, the medical records of 265 patients treated for acute sigmoid diverticulitis requiring hospitalization were retrospectively analyzed. Data were collected with regard to patient's demographics, clinical characteristics, presentations of acute diverticulitis, treatment, morbidity, and mortality.

Emergency hernia repairs in elderly patients.

The aim of this study was to determine the clinical presentation, morbidity, and mortality and to identify the factors that might affect the outcome of emergency repair in elderly patients. A study of 143 patients (> 65 years old) who underwent emergency surgical repair for incarcerated external hernias during the period 1992-2001 was done. Fifty patients (35%) presented after 48 hours of symptoms onset.