WGO Graded Evidence: Diverticular Disease

Level: Meta-analyses, Systematic reviews, Practice guidelines: 16 Abstracts

Legend:   : Special Mention  : Important  : Very Important  : Key Development
	Colonic diverticular disease in a multiracial Asian patient population has an ethnic predilection. S Rajendra, JJ Ho, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Aug:871-5
	Colonic diverticular disease: pathophysiology and clinical picture. A Parra-Blanco, Digestion. 2006:47-57
	Diverticular disease and migration--the influence of acculturation to a Western lifestyle on diverticular disease. F Hjern, C Johansson, A Mellgren, NN Baxter, A Hjern, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Mar 15:797-805
	Management of colonic diverticular disease. G Frieri, MT Pimpo, C Scarpignato, Digestion. 2006:58-66
	Management of diverticulitis. SE Janes, A Meagher, FA Frizelle, BMJ. 2006 Feb 4:271-5
	Neural contractions in colonic strips from patients with diverticular disease: role of endocannabinoids and substance P. F Guagnini, M Valenti, S Mukenge, I Matias, A Bianchetti, S Di Palo, G Ferla, V Di Marzo, T Croci, Gut. 2006 Jul:946-53
	A prospective study of acute admissions in a surgical unit due to diverticular disease. SK John, NB Teo, AL Forster, Dig Surg. 2007:186-90
	Comparison of outcome of POSSUM, p-POSSUM, and cr-POSSUM scoring after elective resection of the sigmoid colon for carcinoma or complicated diverticular disease. JL Oomen, MA Cuesta, AF Engel, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul:841-7
	Outcome after emergency surgery for acute perforated diverticulitis in 200 cases. J Vermeulen, GP Akkersdijk, MP Gosselink, WC Hop, GH Mannaerts, E van der Harst, PP Coene, WF Weidema, JF Lange, Dig Surg. 2007:361-6
	The management of complicated diverticulitis and the role of computed tomography. AM Kaiser, JK Jiang, JP Lake, G Ault, A Artinyan, C Gonzalez-Ruiz, R Essani, RW Beart Jr, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Apr:910-7
Supplementary evidence:
	Colonic diverticular disease. J Simpson, R Spiller, Clin Evid. 2004 Jun:552-61
	Diverticular disease of the colon. N Stollman, JB Raskin, Lancet. 2004 Feb 21:631-9
	Inflammatory bowel disease, peptic ulcer and diverticular disease as certified causes of death in an English population 1979-2003. MJ Goldacre, M Duncan, P Cook-Mozaffari, M Griffith, S Travis, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Feb:96-103
	Primary anastomosis or Hartmann's procedure for patients with diverticular peritonitis? A systematic review. L Salem, DR Flum, Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 Nov:1953-64
	The Clinical Picture of Uncomplicated Versus Complicated Diverticulitis of the Colon. A Tursi, G Brandimarte, G Giorgetti, W Elisei, M Maiorano, F Aiello, Dig Dis Sci. 2008 Jan 30
	Toward therapeutic guidelines for patients with acute right colonic diverticulitis. K Komuta, S Yamanaka, K Okada, Y Kamohara, T Ueda, N Makimoto, T Shiogama, J Furui, T Kanematsu, Am J Surg. 2004 Feb:233-7