WGO Graded Evidence: Diverticular Disease

Level: Other Reading: 37 Abstracts

Legend:   : Special Mention  : Important  : Very Important  : Key Development
	Review article: uncomplicated diverticular disease of the colon. L Petruzziello, F Iacopini, M Bulajic, S Shah, G Costamagna, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 May 15:1379-91
	Colovesical fistula: not a contraindication to elective laparoscopic colectomy. CM Bartus, T Lipof, CM Sarwar, PV Vignati, KH Johnson, WV Sardella, JL Cohen, Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Feb:233-6
	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
	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
	Outcomes after medical and surgical treatment of diverticulitis: a systematic review of the available evidence. G Peppas, IA Bliziotis, D Oikonomaki, ME Falagas, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Sep:1360-8
	Temporal changes in the management of diverticulitis. L Salem, DA Anaya, DR Flum, J Surg Res. 2005 Apr:318-23
	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:
	A new mechanism for diverticular diseases: aging-related vagal withdrawal. AJ Yun, KA Bazar, PY Lee, Med Hypotheses. 2005:252-5
	Acute diverticulitis of the colon--current medical therapeutic management. A Tursi, Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2004 Jan:55-9
	Association between sigmoid diverticulitis and left-sided colon cancer: a nested, population-based, case control study. T Stefánsson, A Ekbom, P Sparèn, L Påhlman, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Aug:743-7
	Computed tomography evaluation of diverticulitis. T Lawrimore, JT Rhea, J Intensive Care Med. 2004 Jul-Aug:194-204
	Current management of diverticulitis. D Whetsone, J Hazey, WE Pofahl 2nd, JS Roth, Curr Surg. 2004 Jul-Aug:361-5
	Diagnostic and therapeutic strategy in duodenal diverticular bleeding: report of two cases and review of the literature S Avit-Miossec, A Alves, K Vahedi, Y Panis, MJ Laisné, F Richet, P Valleur, Ann Chir. 2004 Apr:170-3
	Diverticulitis in young patients: why we still should not pretend to know. AM Kaiser, Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Jan:172
	Diverticulitis: truly minimally invasive management. LH Macias, JS Haukoos, MR Dixon, E Sorial, TD Arnell, MJ Stamos, RR Kumar, Am Surg. 2004 Oct:932-5
	Diverticulitis: when and how to operate? HN Aydin, FH Remzi, Dig Liver Dis. 2004 Jul:435-45
	Diverticulosis and diverticulitis spectrum of a modern malady. JM Beitz, J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2004 Mar-Apr:75-82; quiz 83-4
	Does rifaximin prevent complications of diverticular disease? A retrospective study. MA Pistoia, L Lombardi, M Rossi, C Vittorini, GF Cavaliere, F Pistoia, Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2004 Nov-Dec:283-7
	Elective surgery after acute diverticulitis. S Janes, A Meagher, FA Frizelle, Br J Surg. 2005 Feb:133-42
	Elective surgery for diverticular disease: an audit of surgical pathology and treatment. M Killingback, PE Barron, OF Dent, ANZ J Surg. 2004 Jul:530-6
	Epidemiology and management of diverticular disease of the colon. JY Kang, D Melville, JD Maxwell, Drugs Aging. 2004:211-28
	Giant colonic diverticula. Review of diagnostic and therapeutic options. P Steenvoorde, FJ Vogelaar, J Oskam, RA Tollenaar, Dig Surg. 2004:1-6; discussion 6
	Impact of primary resection on the outcome of patients with perforated diverticulitis. V Chandra, H Nelson, DR Larson, JR Harrington, Arch Surg. 2004 Nov:1221-4
	Is diverticulosis associated with colorectal neoplasia? A cross-sectional colonoscopic study. BJ Kieff, GJ Eckert, TF Imperiale, Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Oct:2007-11
	Laparoscopic colectomy for diverticulitis. N Abedi, R McKinlay, A Park, Curr Surg. 2004 Jul-Aug:366-9
	Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy after acute diverticulitis: when to operate? S Natarajan, EL Ewings, RJ Vega, Surgery. 2004 Oct:725-30
	Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease. AJ Senagore, Surg Clin North Am. 2005 Feb:19-24, vii
	Laparoscopic vs open resection for the treatment of diverticular disease. R Gonzalez, CD Smith, SG Mattar, KR Venkatesh, E Mason, T Duncan, R Wilson, J Miller, BJ Ramshaw, Surg Endosc. 2004 Feb:276-80
	Magnetic resonance imaging based colonography for diagnosis and assessment of diverticulosis and diverticulitis. AG Schreyer, A Furst, A Agha, R Kikinis, K Scheibl, J Sch&oeig;lmerich, S Feuerbach, H Herfarth, J Seitz, Int J Colorectal Dis. 2004 Sep:474-80
	Meckel diverticulum: ten-year experience in adults. PA Stone, MJ Hofeldt, JE Campbell, G Vedula, JA DeLuca, SK Flaherty, South Med J. 2004 Nov:1038-41
	Primary diagnostics of acute diverticulitis of the sigmoid M Farag Soliman, M Wustner, J Sturm, A Werner, SJ Diehl, C Duber, S Post, Ultraschall Med. 2004 Sep:342-7
	Prospective comparison of air-contrast barium enema and colonoscopy in patients with fecal occult blood: a pilot study. DC Rockey, J Koch, J Yee, KR McQuaid, RA Halvorsen, Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Dec:953-8
	Recent advances in diverticular disease. J Simpson, Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2004 Oct:417-22
	Recurrence rates at minimum five-year follow-up: laparoscopic versus open sigmoid resection for uncomplicated diverticulitis. K Thaler, EG Weiss, JJ Nogueras, JP Arnaud, SD Wexner, R Bergamaschi, Acta Chir Iugosl. 2004:45-7
	Surgical management of colonic diverticulitis in weighing between conservative and surgical therapy F Meyer, J St Muller, H Lippert, Zentralbl Chir. 2004 Aug:W62-9; quiz W70-3
	The timing of elective colectomy in diverticulitis: a decision analysis. L Salem, DL Veenstra, SD Sullivan, DR Flum, J Am Coll Surg. 2004 Dec:904-12