A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis

Computed tomography (CT) imaging is the most appropriate diagnostic tool to confirm suspected left colonic diverticulitis. However, the utility of CT imaging goes beyond accurate diagnosis of diverticulitis; the grade of severity on CT imaging may drive treatment planning of patients presenting with...

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Published in:World journal of emergency surgery 2015-02, Vol.10 (1), p.3-3, Article 3
Main Authors: Sartelli, Massimo, Moore, Frederick A, Ansaloni, Luca, Di Saverio, Salomone, Coccolini, Federico, Griffiths, Ewen A, Coimbra, Raul, Agresta, Ferdinando, Sakakushev, Boris, Ordoñez, Carlos A, Abu-Zidan, Fikri M, Karamarkovic, Aleksandar, Augustin, Goran, Costa Navarro, David, Ulrych, Jan, Demetrashvili, Zaza, Melo, Renato B, Marwah, Sanjay, Zachariah, Sanoop K, Wani, Imtiaz, Shelat, Vishal G, Kim, Jae Il, McFarlane, Michael, Pintar, Tadaja, Rems, Miran, Bala, Miklosh, Ben-Ishay, Offir, Gomes, Carlos Augusto, Faro, Mario Paulo, Pereira, Jr, Gerson Alves, Catani, Marco, Baiocchi, Gianluca, Bini, Roberto, Anania, Gabriele, Negoi, Ionut, Kecbaja, Zurabs, Omari, Abdelkarim H, Cui, Yunfeng, Kenig, Jakub, Sato, Norio, Vereczkei, Andras, Skrovina, Matej, Das, Koray, Bellanova, Giovanni, Di Carlo, Isidoro, Segovia Lohse, Helmut A, Kong, Victor, Kok, Kenneth Y, Massalou, Damien, Smirnov, Dmitry, Gachabayov, Mahir, Gkiokas, Georgios, Marinis, Athanasios, Spyropoulos, Charalampos, Nikolopoulos, Ioannis, Bouliaris, Konstantinos, Tepp, Jaan, Lohsiriwat, Varut, Çolak, Elif, Isik, Arda, Rios-Cruz, Daniel, Soto, Rodolfo, Abbas, Ashraf, Tranà, Cristian, Caproli, Emanuele, Soldatenkova, Darija, Corcione, Francesco, Piazza, Diego, Catena, Fausto
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Language:English
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Care and treatment
CT imaging
Diagnosis
Diagnostic imaging
Diverticulitis
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Summary:Computed tomography (CT) imaging is the most appropriate diagnostic tool to confirm suspected left colonic diverticulitis. However, the utility of CT imaging goes beyond accurate diagnosis of diverticulitis; the grade of severity on CT imaging may drive treatment planning of patients presenting with acute diverticulitis. The appropriate management of left colon acute diverticulitis remains still debated because of the vast spectrum of clinical presentations and different approaches to treatment proposed. The authors present a new simple classification system based on both CT scan results driving decisions making management of acute diverticulitis that may be universally accepted for day to day practice.
ISSN:1749-7922
1749-7922
DOI:10.1186/1749-7922-10-3