Randomized Clinical Trial for the Uncomplicated Diverticulitis in Right Colon

Summary

The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether antibiotics is mandatory for the treatment of acute uncomplicated right-sided diverticulitis. The hypothesis is that patients having acute uncomplicated diverticulitis at right-sided colon will be recovered without antibiotics.

Timeline

Start

2014-04

Primary completion

2016-11

Completion

2018-02

Publications

• Kim JY, Park SG, Kang HJ, Lim YA, Pak KH, Yoo T, Cho WT, Shin DW, Kim JW. Prospective randomized clinical trial of uncomplicated right-sided colonic diverticulitis: antibiotics versus no antibiotics. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2019 Aug;34(8):1413-1420. doi: 10.1007/s00384-019-03343-w. Epub 2019 Jul 2.

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