Forgione and colleagues have now provided an interesting perspective on the indications for surgical management of sigmoid diverticulitis. 7 In this study, elective laparoscopic sigmoidectomy was ...

THE purpose of this paper is to advocate a more aggressive attitude toward the surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, which in the past has usually been withheld until after complications ...

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