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This is a 72-year-old patient who presented with clinical symptoms suggestive of generalized peritonitis. A CT-scan showed features of generalized peritonitis with widespread diverticulitis in the sigmoid and free intra-abdominal fluid and free air. Patient underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy. A purulent peritonitis was found followed by peritoneal lavage. Postoperatively she became septic with haemodynamic instability, being again reoperated.
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Rodriguez, T.S. (2014). Case on Complication After Laparoscopic Abdominal Lavage Because of Perforated Diverticulitis. In: Cuesta, M., Bonjer, H. (eds) Case Studies of Postoperative Complications after Digestive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01613-9_82
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