Table 2.

Demographics and outcomes of acute surgical management

Age / sex	CT grade of diverticulitis	Indication for acute surgical intervention	Intervention	Length of stay	Complications	Pathology
62 M	1	Ongoing pain with non-operative treatment	Open sigmoid colectomy	11 days	Superficial surgical site infection	Diverticulosis
43 M	2	Failed non-operative management	Hartmann’s procedure	36 days	Postoperative chest sepsis and intensive care unit admission	Diverticular abscess
52 F	2	Failed non-operative management	Open subtotal colectomy (due to unhealthy looking caecum at laparotomy)	20 days	Adhesive small bowel obstruction 11 months after index operations, requiring operative intervention	Diverticular abscess
76 F	2	Failed non-operative management	Hartmann’s procedure	19 days	Postoperative myocardial infarct; admission to coronary care unit and angiography	Perforated diverticulitis
57 M	3	Unsuitable for radiological drainage	Laparoscopic washout and drain insertion	7 days	Nil	N/A
69 F	3	Large bowel obstruction	Hartmann’s procedure	10 days	Nil	Perforated diverticulitis
88 M	3	Significant co-morbidities precluding major surgery	Open left paracolic drainage	14 days	Nil	N/A
50 F	4	Generalised peritonitis following head and neck surgery	Hartmann’s procedure	37 days	Nil	Diverticulitis
51 M	4	Small bowel obstruction	Hartmann’s procedure	29 days	Full-thickness wound dehiscence requiring return to theatre	Diverticular abscess
53 M	4	Generalised peritonitis	Hartmann’s procedure	17 days	Nil	Diverticular abscess
55 F	4	Generalised peritonitis	Hartmann’s procedure	9 days	Superficial surgical site infection	pT4 N0 Dukes’ B moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, completely excised
63 M	4	Generalised peritonitis	Hartmann’s procedure	18 days	Nil	Diverticulitis
63 M	4	Generalised peritonitis	Open subtotal colectomy (owing to involvement of the caecum in the inflammatory mass)	16 days	Nil	Diverticular abscess
63 M	4	Generalised peritonitis	Hartmann’s procedure	20 days	Nil	Perforated diverticulitis
65 F	4	Failed non-operative management	Hartmann’s procedure	22 days	Ischaemic colostomy and return to theatre on day 1 postoperatively for stoma refashion	Diverticulitis
71 F	4	Generalised peritonitis 8 days following cardiac surgery	Hartmann’s procedure	96 days	Postoperative multiorgan failure	Diverticular abscess
85 F	4	Failed non-operative management	Hartmann’s procedure	14 days	Death on postoperative day 14 from multiorgan failure	Perforated diverticulitis

CT = computed tomography; N/A = not applicable