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. 2024 Jul 23;76(5):1745–1760. doi: 10.1007/s13304-024-01927-y

Table 9.

Unit and personal experience in severe acute diverticulitis

Question Answer Total (no. 403) No. of colectomies Years of experience
0–50 (no. 302)  > 50 (no. 101) p ≤ 5 (no. 254)  > 5 (no. 149) p
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Question 20 HP = 25% 117 29.0 93 30.8 24 23.8 0.315 81 31.9 36 24.2 0.107
HP = 50% 142 35.2 99 32.8 43 42.6 79 31.1 63 42.3
HP = 75% 104 25.8 79 26.2 25 24.8 66 26.0 38 25.5
HP =  > 90% 40 9.9 31 10.3 9 8.9 28 11.0 12 8.1
Question 21 In my unit we never perform DCS 115 28.5 87 28.8 28 27.7 0.0014 77 30.3 38 25.5 0.000013
Yes, I performed DCS as operating surgeon 76 18.9 45 14.9 31 30.7 30 11.8 46 30.9
Yes, but I have never performed DCS as operating surgeon 212 52.6 170 56.3 42 41.6 147 57.9 65 43.6

Bold in the tables are statistically significant values

Question 20 = In your unit, considering all emergency procedures carried out for AD, which is the percentage of Hartmann's operations?

Question 21 = In your environment, in the treatment of patients with hemodynamically unstable AD, is Damage Control Surgery (resection of the sigmoid without anastomosis between the two stumps nor stoma, with temporary closure of the abdomen or laparostomy) an option?

HP Hartmann procedure, DCS damage control surgery