Annals of Coloproctology

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Is Conservative Treatment with Antibiotics the Correct Strategy for Management of Right Colonic Diverticulitis?: A Prospective Study: Tae Jung Kim, In Kyu Lee, Jong Kyung Park, Yoon Suk Lee, Youn Si, Hun Jung, Hyung Jin Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Dae Young Cheung, Lee D. Gorden, Seung Taek Oh; J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2011;27(4):188-193. Published online August 31, 2011; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/jksc.2011.27.4.188

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Purpose

The goals of this study were to identify whether conservative treatment with antibiotics in right colonic diverticulitis (RCD) patients, our empirical method used until now, is adequate and to determine how the natural history of RCD is affected by conservative treatment.

Methods

This study was designed as a case-control study. Group I was comprised of 12 patients who were managed conservatively, and clinical data were retrospectively collected. In group II, a total of 49 patients, diagnosed by using diagnostic criteria for RCD and managed conservatively, were prospectively included.

Results

The period of fasting was 2.7 days, and the hospital stay was 4.6 days in all patients. The intravenous and the oral antibiotic periods were 3.8 days and 9.8 days, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences in treatment results between the two groups except the duration of fasting and the hospitalization, and there were no complications under conservative treatment. Eight patients (13.1%) had recurrent diverticulitis during the follow-up period. The recurrence risk showed no significant difference between the groups. The RCD-free period after management was 60.1 months, and patients with recurrent RCD were treated by conservative treatment or laparoscopic surgery.

Conclusion

Conservative treatment with antibiotics is the optimal treatment of choice for RCD and shows no increase in complications.

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