Percutaneous drainage of pericolic abscess (although an invasive procedure), was allowed to be included as part of the conservative treatment of patients with diverticulitis when data for patients ...

In severe cases of diverticulitis, surgery may be required. If patients develop complications like an abscess or perforation, surgical intervention becomes necessary. In these instances ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...