The WSES/SICG/ACOI/SICUT/AcEMC/SIFIPAC guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute left colonic diverticulitis in the elderly

Abstract Acute left colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) in the elderly presents with unique epidemiological features when compared with younger patients. The clinical presentation is more nuanced in the elderly population, having higher in-hospital and postoperative mortality. Furthermore, geriatric comor...

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Main Authors: Paola Fugazzola, Marco Ceresoli, Federico Coccolini, Francesco Gabrielli, Alessandro Puzziello, Fabio Monzani, Bruno Amato, Gabriele Sganga, Massimo Sartelli, Francesco Menichetti, Gabriele Adolfo Puglisi, Dario Tartaglia, Paolo Carcoforo, Nicola Avenia, Yoram Kluger, Ciro Paolillo, Mauro Zago, Ari Leppäniemi, Matteo Tomasoni, Lorenzo Cobianchi, Francesca Dal Mas, Mario Improta, Ernest E. Moore, Andrew B. Peitzman, Michael Sugrue, Vanni Agnoletti, Gustavo P. Fraga, Dieter G. Weber, Dimitrios Damaskos, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Imtiaz Wani, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Manos Pikoulis, Nikolaos Pararas, Edward Tan, Richard Ten Broek, Ronald V. Maier, R. Justin Davies, Jeffry Kashuk, Vishal G. Shelat, Alain Chicom Mefire, Goran Augustin, Stefano Magnone, Elia Poiasina, Belinda De Simone, Massimo Chiarugi, Walt Biffl, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-022-00408-0