Abstract

[2] However, the standard treatment for complicated diverticulitis with fistula is surgical treatment. [...]physicians should consider the complication of diverticulitis when colonoscopy examination shows fistula in the sigmoid colon. In the present case, the patient rejected surgical treatment and eventually died of complicated diverticulitis and sepsis a few months later. [...]physicians should strongly recommend multidisciplinary management and surgical treatment for complicated diverticulitis with fistula. The role of emergency laparoscopic colectomy for complicated sigmoid diverticulits: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Title
Sigmoid–sigmoid colon fistula caused by diverticulitis
Author
Lee, Jeonghun 1 ; Lee Young Joo 2 ; Kim, Youngsun 2 

 Department of Internal Medicine, Ye Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea 
 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
Pages
491-492
Section
Correspondence
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Feb 2022
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
ISSN
03666999
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2631782456
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