| How complicated is complicated diverticulitis?-phlegmonous diverticulitis revisited. | |
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PMID: 21830036 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to elucidate the accuracy of a clinical classification system for acute diverticulitis with special regard to "phlegmonous diverticulitis". METHODS: A consecutive patient series (n = 318; General Hospital Nuremberg, 1/2004-12/2006) was classified preoperatively (imaging with 4/16-slice spiral CT scanner) according to the Hansen and Stock (H&S) classification which is commonly used in Germany and evaluated based on histopathology. RESULTS: Pre-treatment classification grouped 30 patients (9.4%) as uncomplicated diverticulitis (type I according to H&S), for whom treatment was merely conservative. One hundred twelve patients (35.2%) were classified as phlegmonous diverticulitis (type IIA), 84 (26.4%) as "covered perforations" (type IIB) and 27 (8.5%) as "free perforations" (type IIC), and 54 (17.0%) as chronically recurrent diverticulitis (type III, 17.0%). The remaining 11 patients (3.5%) were not staged preoperatively. Accuracy of staging of complicated diverticulitis differed significantly between type IIC (100.0%), type IIB (91.0%), and type IIA (36.1%). The latter group was frequently understaged as it concealed a substantial number of patients (n = 44; 53.0%) with IIB disease. Neither laboratory tests (CRP/WBC) nor clinical parameters allowed distinction of correctly and falsely staged patients with type IIA disease. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with phlegmonous diverticulitis (type IIA) represent the most challenging group among patients with acute diverticulitis as they are frequently understaged and conceal cases with covered perforations (type IIB). This may support the view to subsume phlegmonous diverticulitis (type IIA) under complicated diverticulitis. |
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Christian F Jurowich; Stefanie Jellouschek; Ralf Adamus; Reinhard Loose; Annette Kaiser; Christoph Isbert; Christoph-Thomas Germer; Burkhard H A von Rahden |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-21 |
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Title: International journal of colorectal disease Volume: - ISSN: 1432-1262 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-8-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8607899 Medline TA: Int J Colorectal Dis Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of General-, Visceral-, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. |
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