Open AccessRecurrent Acute Diverticulitis: When to Operate?
Author(s) -
Hassan Al Harakeh,
Abhilash Paily,
Samer Doughan,
Irshad Shaikh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
inflammatory intestinal diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9403
pISSN - 2296-9365
DOI - 10.1159/000494973
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulitis , modalities , intensive care medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , general surgery , intervention (counseling) , population , surgery , nursing , environmental health , social science , sociology
Recurrent acute diverticulitis carries a major burden to any form of health care. Patients present repeatedly to medical centers with a multitude of symptoms and may require different modalities of treatment with significant morbidities and impact on quality of life.