Tratamiento de la diverticulitis aguda

Authors

  • Oscar Edú Túpac Sulca Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
  • Moisés Manuel Valiente Arteta uUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
  • Giuliano Manuel Borda Luque Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. Clínica El Golf, Lima, Perú
  • Luis Marin Calderón Departamento de Gastroenterología, SANNA\ Clínica El Golf, Lima, Perú
  • Luis Alcides García Barrionuevo Departamento de Cirugía, SANNA \ Clínica El Golf, Lima, Perú
  • Miguel Roberto Li Valencia Departamento de Cirugía, SANNA \ Clínica El Golf, Lima, Perú

Keywords:

Abdominal surgery, Diverticular disease, Acute diverticulitis

Abstract

Background: Acute diverticulitis is an inflammatory intestinal pathology. It has a high prevalence in western countries. The management is medical or surgical depending on the severity. Objective: To describe the characteristics of surgical and nonsurgical management in adult patients with the diagnosis of acute diverticulitis in a private center between the years 2015 and 2020. Materials and methods: Descriptive-retrospective study where information was collected from medical records using a data collection sheet. The variables were represented by percentages, frequency, and total average. Results: 52.05% patients were female. The mean age was 57.56 years. 77.78% of the patients were classified as Hinchey Ia. The most widely used medical management was ciprofloxacin plus metronidazole in 55.88% of the patients. 3 patients underwent Hartmann’s colostomy and the remaining 2 underwent peritoneal lavage and drainage. There was no mortality.

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Published

2022-12-15

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Túpac Sulca OE, Valiente Arteta MM, Borda Luque GM, Marin Calderón L, García Barrionuevo LA, Li Valencia MR. Tratamiento de la diverticulitis aguda. Cirujano [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 15 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];19(2):15-20. Available from: https://revistascgp.org/index.php/cirujano/article/view/3

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