Acute diverticulitis ‒ diagnostic and therapeutic problems

General Medicine, 2023, 25(3), 61-66.

A. Chavoushian

Clinic of Gastroenterology, Acibadem City Clinic Mladost ‒ Sofia

Abstract. Acute diverticulitis of the colon is a disease with increasing frequency, encountered by general practitioners and gastroenterologists, and also by surgeons under circumstances of emergency, not only in Western countries, but also in Bulgaria. An international multidisciplinary team of experts, according to their shared experience and the results of studies published in the medical literature, updated the consensus guidelines on diagnosis and behavior in respect of the various manifestations of acute diverticulitis.

Key words: acute diverticulitis, complicated diverticulitis, abscess, perforation

Address for correspondence: Ani Chavoushian, MD, e-mail: ani.chavoushian@acibademcityclinic.bg