Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 9
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Routine lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for radiographically confirmed acute diverticulitis. In whom and when is it indicated?

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5524/2018

Agustín Seoane Urgorri, Diana Zaffalon, Miguel Pera Román, Marc Batlle García, Faust Riu Pons, Josep María Dedeu Cusco, Miguel Pantaleón Sánchez, Xavier Bessa Caserras, Luis Barranco Priego, Marco Antonio Álvarez-González,

Abstract
Introduction: international guidelines recommend a routine colonoscopy to rule out advanced neoplasm after an acute diverticulitis event. However, in recent years, this recommendation has been called into question following the advent of computerized tomography (CT), particularly with regard to uncomplicated diverticulitis. Furthermore, colonoscopy is associated with a risk and additional costs. Objective: to understand the diagnostic yield, quality and safety of colonoscopy in the setting of acute diverticulitis. Methods: this was a retrospective study of all patients diagnosed with acute diverticulitis via CT between 2005 and 2013, who subsequently underwent a colonoscopy. Results: two hundred and sixteen patients diagnosed with acute diverticulitis via CT were enrolled. These included 58 cases with complicated diverticulitis (27%) and 158 with uncomplicated diverticulitis (73%). An advanced neoplasm was found in 12 patients (5.6%); 11.7% were complicated and 3.2% were uncomplicated (p = 0.02). No major complications were identified. The quality was low but improved over time; the complete procedure rate was 88%, an effective preparation was achieved in 75% and excision of polyps < 2 cm was performed in 78% of cases. The optimum colonoscopy quality cu-off was 9.5 weeks. Conclusion: routine colonoscopy is advisable after a complicated diverticulitis event but its recommendation is unclear with regard to uncomplicated episodes. Colonoscopy is safe even when performed early. The overall quality is low but may be optimized via a subsequent endoscopy, two months after a diverticulitis diagnosis.
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Seoane Urgorri A, Zaffalon D, Pera Román M, Batlle García M, Riu Pons F, Dedeu Cusco J, et all. Routine lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for radiographically confirmed acute diverticulitis. In whom and when is it indicated?. 5524/2018


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Received: 06/02/2018

Accepted: 16/04/2018

Online First: 14/06/2018

Published: 31/08/2018

Article revision time: 66 days

Article Online First time: 128 days

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