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The Current Surgical Management of Complicated Diverticulitis: An Update on Right-sided and Left-sided Diverticulitis

Kumar H.R. · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Acute diverticulitis is a condition that can be divided into left-sided diverticulitis and right-sided diverticulitis. Left-sided diverticulitis is seen in the sigmoid colon and accounts for most cases of diverticulitis in the West. Right-sided diverticulitis is seen in the ascen...