Tobacco Smoking Is a Strong Predictor of Failure of Conservative Treatment in Hinchey IIa and IIb Acute Diverticulitis-A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study.

Therapeutic management of patients with complicated acute diverticulitis remains debatable. The primary objective of this study is to identify predictive factors for the failure of conservative treatment of Hinchey IIa and IIb diverticular abscesses. This is a retrospective cohort study that included patients hospitalized from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2022 at the Emergency Surgery Department of the Cagliari University Hospital (Italy), diagnosed with acute diverticulitis complicated by Hinchey grade IIa and IIb abscesses.

Updates on the multidisciplinary management of elderly patients with rectal cancer: a narrative review.

Introduction: The burden of rectal cancer in the elderly population continues to increase. The aim of this narrative review is to assess evidence updates on the management of elderly patients with rectal cancer.

Evidence Acquisition: The subject of rectal cancer in patients ≥70 years old was divided into different topics and, based on the research items, the literature review searched relevant studies from MEDLINE (via PubMed), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and EMBASE between January 2000 and November 2022.