If you must operate on a patient presenting with purulent peritonitis secondary to sigmoid diverticular perforation…do not throw the baby out with the bathwater, not yet…

J Visc Surg. 2019 Apr;156(2):81-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2018.08.008. Epub 2018 Sep 18.
No abstract available

Keywords: Hartmann procedure; Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage; Left colectomy; Perforated sigmoid diverticulitis; Purulent peritonitis.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
  • Clinical Competence
  • Conservative Treatment / methods
  • Contraindications, Procedure
  • Drainage
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / complications*
  • Intestinal Perforation / therapy
  • Laparoscopy
  • Patient Selection
  • Peritoneal Lavage
  • Peritonitis / etiology
  • Peritonitis / surgery
  • Peritonitis / therapy*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Sigmoid Diseases / complications*
  • Sigmoid Diseases / therapy
  • Suppuration / complications