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. 2024 Jan 3;8(1):zrad165.
doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrad165.

Swiss consensus on the management of acute diverticulitis

Timothée Girardin  1 , David Martin  1 , Enrique Lázaro-Fontanet  1 , Daniel Clerc  1 , Martin Hübner  1 , Lukas Brügger  2 , Matthias Turina  3 , Walter Brunner  4 , Dimitri Christoforidis  5 , Frederic Ris  6 , Michel Adamina  7 , Marco von Strauss  8 , Dieter Hahnloser  1 ; Swiss Colorectal Working Group
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Swiss consensus on the management of acute diverticulitis

Timothée Girardin et al. BJS Open. .
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Initial evaluation, abdominal imaging, complicated diverticulitis definition and contraindications to outpatient management Likert scale: 1, strongly disagree; 2, partially agree; 3, neutral; 4, agree; and 5, strongly agree. CRP, C-reactive protein; GP, general practitioner; AD, acute diverticulitis.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Non-operative/operative treatment and elective surgery Likert scale: 1, strongly disagree; 2, partially agree; 3, neutral; 4, agree; and 5, strongly agree. AD, acute diverticulitis; PA, primary anastomosis.
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