Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Elective surgery for persistent complaints after diverticulitis recurrences improves QOL

WASHINGTON — For patients who have ongoing complaints after an episode of diverticulitis or frequent recurrences, elective resection improved quality of life compared with conservative management, according to data from a late-breaker abstract presented at Digestive Disease Week.“It was our aim … to compare conservative or operative treatment for patients with recurrences and ongoing complains of diverticulitis,” Marguerite Stam, MD, from Meander Medical Center in the Netherlands, said in her presentation.


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