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[Colonic diverticulitis: diverticulitis with complications and its treatment (author's transl)]. 1976

J Kraft-Kinz, and H J Prexl

Complications (stenosis, intestinal obstruction, abscess or fistula formation, inflammation, etc.) of colonic diverticulitis are seen in 35% of patients affected. Multiple operative procedures involve less risk than surgery performed in a single session. The mortality in emergency surgery is reported to be up to 40%, while subsequent resection of the diseased colon involves the usual mortality of surgery on the colon, i.e. 1.5-9%. The vital factor in this illness is the earliest possible surgical treatment of the diseased diverticulum, so that the extremely problematical complications can be avoided.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007412	Intestinal Fistula	An abnormal anatomical passage between the INTESTINE, and another segment of the intestine or other organs. External intestinal fistula is connected to the SKIN (enterocutaneous fistula). Internal intestinal fistula can be connected to a number of organs, such as STOMACH (gastrocolic fistula), the BILIARY TRACT (cholecystoduodenal fistula), or the URINARY BLADDER of the URINARY TRACT (colovesical fistula). Risk factors include inflammatory processes, cancer, radiation treatment, and surgical misadventures (MEDICAL ERRORS).	Cholecystoduodenal Fistula,Colovesical Fistula,Enterocutaneous Fistula,Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal,Fistula, Colovesical,Fistula, Enterocutaneous,Fistula, Intestinal
D007415	Intestinal Obstruction	Any impairment, arrest, or reversal of the normal flow of INTESTINAL CONTENTS toward the ANAL CANAL.	Intestinal Obstructions,Obstruction, Intestinal
D007416	Intestinal Perforation	Opening or penetration through the wall of the INTESTINES.	Intestinal Perforations,Perforation, Intestinal,Perforations, Intestinal
D003108	Colonic Diseases	Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE).	Colonic Disease,Disease, Colonic,Diseases, Colonic
D004239	Diverticulitis, Colonic	Inflammation of the COLONIC DIVERTICULA, generally with abscess formation and subsequent perforation.	Colonic Diverticulitis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013369	Subphrenic Abscess	Accumulation of purulent EXUDATES beneath the DIAPHRAGM, also known as upper abdominal abscess. It is usually associated with PERITONITIS or postoperative infections.	Abscess, Subdiaphragmatic,Abscess, Subphrenic,Subdiaphragmatic Abscess,Abscesses, Subdiaphragmatic,Abscesses, Subphrenic,Subdiaphragmatic Abscesses,Subphrenic Abscesses
D013529	Surgical Wound Dehiscence	Pathologic process consisting of a partial or complete disruption of the layers of a surgical wound.	Dehiscence, Surgical Wound,Wound Dehiscence, Surgical
D013536	Suture Techniques	Techniques for securing together the edges of a wound, with loops of thread or similar materials (SUTURES).	Suture Technics,Suture Technic,Suture Technique,Technic, Suture,Technics, Suture,Technique, Suture,Techniques, Suture