DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT OF DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON

Abstract

The purpose of the work: to analyse clinical cases and the results of treatment of patients with diverticulosis of the large intestine in order to prevent complications. Materials and methods. The results of diagnosis and treatment of 75 patients with diverticulosis of the large intestine for the years 2016-2022, who were in the Clinical highly specialised surgical center with minimally invasive technologies in the Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Hospital named after M. I. Pyrogov of the Vinnytsia Regional Council. Research results and their discussion. We analysed the results of diagnosis and treatment of 75 patients with diverticulosis of the large intestine for the years 2016-2022, who were in the Clinical highly specialised surgical center with minimally invasive technologies in the Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Hospital named after M. I. Pyrogov of the Vinnytsia Regional Council. Colon diverticular disease was clinically and instrumentally confirmed and the following forms of the disease were established: diverticular bleeding - in 46 (61.33%), intestinal perforation with the development of diffuse fecal peritonitis - in 2 (2.66%), diverticulitis - in 12 (16%), asymptomatic diverticulosis - in 2 patients (2.66%), and in 13 patients there was a combination: diverticulitis and paracolic abscess - in 8 (10.66%), diverticulitis and limited purulent peritonitis - in 2 (6.66 %), diverticulitis and intestinal obstruction - in 3 (4%). There were 36 (48%) male patients, 39 (52%) female patients. The age of the patients ranged from 40 to 90 years. The average age was 65±2 years.