Dr. Keyur Bhatt - Gastrosurgeon: CASE: Multiple diverticulosis of colon

Sunday, March 31, 2013

CASE: Multiple diverticulosis of colon - TAC -IRA^-www.drkeyurbhatt.in*

OLD aged female with h/o peritonitis (2 liter) and laparotomy and lavage 1 yr back for perforated sigmoid diverticula..

one year later again she had perforation peritonitis and was operated again and sigmoid colostomy was made

later on evaluated and found to have multiple diverticulas in whole colon right from cecum to sigmoid...with high risk of future perforation and peirtonitis

PLAN SURGERY: Total abdominal coletcomy and ileo rectal anastomosis..with diverting ileostomy

patient was discharged on POD 5.