Robotic surgery is a viable and sometimes advantageous approach for emergency colorectal surgery, a setting in which it has previously been underused and understudied, according to new research ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve had diverticulitis repeatedly since 2016. It’s been bad enough 10 times (with belly pain and fever) that I was given antibiotics. I’ve had it at least that many more times where I ...

Four-year results found diverticulitis recurred in 16% of the surgery group versus 92% of the those who received conservative treatment. In patients who opted for surgery later, the major ...

Robotic-assisted surgery is emerging as a viable and increasingly adopted option for emergency colorectal procedures, according to a July 23 study published in the Journal of the American College of ...

Is surgery a better strategy than conservative management for patients with complicated diverticulitis? In a recent issue of Annals of Surgery, Bolkenstein and colleagues [1] present the results of a ...

In patients with recurring, persistent painful, or complicated diverticulitis, early surgery prevented recurrences but did not significantly improve quality of life (QOL) compared with conservative ...