TY - JOUR AU - Pellino, Gianluca AU - Podda, Mauro AU - Di Saverio, Salomone PY - 2019 TI - Laparoscopy for perforated acute diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon: navigating the evidence JF - Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery; Vol 4 (June 2019): Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - Acute diverticulitis (AD) represents a very common disease in western countries. It has been estimated that the lifetime risk of diverticulitis in patients with diverticulosis ranges between 10% and 25% (1), even if more recent studies based on a combination of colonoscopy and computed tomography suggested that the risk is much lower (<5%) (2). UR - https://ales.amegroups.org/article/view/5213