A national, registry based study of clinical results and of health and well-being in patients after emergency operation for perforated diverticulitis to study implementation of laparoscopic lavage and to compare outcomes with those of resection surgery in routine use. The aim of this study is to evaluate clinical results and effect on health and well-being in patients operated for perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis by laparoscopic lavage in Sweden when used outside of prospective studies/trials and in comparison with the traditional treatment, i.e. colon resection with or without stoma formation. A secondary aim is to evaluate the outcome after fecal peritonitis.
The hypothesis is that laparoscopic lavage as treatment for perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis is safe, efficient and cost saving, when used in routine health care.
For the secondary aim regarding fecal peritonitis the following endpoints will be evaluated:
All patients registered in the Patient registry with ICD 10 codes K57 classified as emergency admissions and with a NOMESCO code JAH01(diagnostic laparoscopy), JFB46 (resection of sigmoid colon), JFB60 (resection of sigmoid colon, sigmoidostomy and closure of the distal stump), JFB61 (laparoscopic resection of sigmoid colon, sigmoidostomy and closure of the distal stump), JFB63 (other colon resection, colostomy and closure of the distal stump), JAK04 (laparoscopy and peritoneal lavage), JAW97 (other laparoscopic operation involving abdominal wall, mesentery, peritoneum or the omentum).
The cohort will be divided into two groups when analysing and presenting results, perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis (Hinchey grade III) and perforated diverticulitis with faecal peritonitis (Hinchey grade IV).
Eva Haglind
Mattias Prytz
Doctoral student Andreas Samuelsson (andreas.samuelsson@vgregion.se) or research nurse Ingrid Höglund Karlsson (ingrid.hoglund-karlsson@vgregion.se)