[Sigmoid diverticulitis]

Abstract

Colonic diverticulitis has become a relatively frequent disease, with the sigma being affected by up to 95 per cent of all cases. Its clinical relevance has proved to depend on the prognosis of life-threatening diverticulitis complications. Sixty patients who had received surgical treatment at the Surgical Department of Potsdam District Hospital were analysed. That analysis together with evaluation of literature has been used for therapeutic recommendations. For cases of sigmoid diverticulitis early elective intervention is advised. The method of Henri Hartmann is considered an effective approach to diffuse peritonitis.