Elective Colectomy for Diverticulitis in Transplant Patients: Is It Worth the Risk?

Janet T. Lee,Steve Skube,Genevieve B. Melton,Mary R. Kwaan,Christine C. Jensen,Robert D. Madoff,Wolfgang B. Gaertner

Elective Colectomy for Diverticulitis in Transplant Patients: Is It Worth the Risk?

2017

Janet T. Lee
Steve Skube
Genevieve B. Melton
Mary R. Kwaan
Christine C. Jensen
Robert D. Madoff
Wolfgang B. Gaertner

Background The aim of this study was to determine morbidity and mortality for transplant patients undergoing elective colectomy for diverticulitis and determine the impact of recurrent diverticulitis on postoperative complications.

Keywords:

Diverticulitis
General surgery
Medicine
Elective surgery
Colectomy
transplant patient
Organ transplantation
Surgery
Risk assessment
Retrospective cohort study
Elective Surgical Procedure

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