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  • Title: Surgical management of cecal diverticulitis.
    Author: Harada RN, Whelan TJ.
    Journal: Am J Surg; 1993 Dec; 166(6):666-9; discussion 669-71. PubMed ID: 8273846.
    Abstract:
    Ninety surgical cases of cecal diverticulitis at the University of Hawaii hospitals were reviewed from 1980 to 1991. Seventy-eight percent of the study group were of Asian descent, with a mean age of 41.7 years. Right lower quadrant pain and tenderness were the only constant findings, occurring in 86 and 87 of the 90 patients, respectively. The most common preoperative diagnosis was acute appendicitis, occurring in 73% of patients. A right colectomy or cecectomy was performed in 49 patients, an appendectomy in 29, and a diverticulectomy in 10. Seventeen complications occurred, only 1 of which was in the appendectomy group. Follow-up of up to 10 years was successful in 27 of 29 appendectomy patients, only 4 of whom had recurrent pain. There were no instances of a missed cecal carcinoma. We concluded that in those patients in whom carcinoma can be ruled out and in whom there is no evidence of abscess formation, appendectomy combined with postoperative antibiotics is a safe and effective method for the treatment of cecal diverticulitis.
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