Conclusively, current medical and surgical therapy of acute diverticulitis is effective ... to be higher in patients undergoing emergency surgery than those treated conservatively, this finding ...

A needle drainage procedure or surgery to remove infected portions of the colon may be necessary in some more serious cases. Symptoms of Crohn’s disease and diverticulitis can be very similar.

Colostomy surgery is a surgical procedure to remove part of the colon ... birth defects, and diverticulitis. A colostomy is a ...