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Surgical management in acute diverticulitis and its association with multi-detector CT, modified Hinchey classification, and clinical parameters

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Purpose

To assess whether CT findings, clinical parameters, and modified Hinchey classification are predictive of management outcomes of patients with acute diverticulitis.

Materials and methods

Data were accrued between January 2014 and December 2015. A total of 301 adult subjects were identified from radiology reports, of which six who did not met the inclusion criteria were excluded, thus yielding 295 subjects. Subjects were 43.1% (n = 127) male and 56.9% female (n = 168), with mean age 51.9 years (range 18–90). Two independent abdominal radiologists reviewed all scans; imaging features and a modified Hinchey classification were scored. Descriptive statistics compared the relationships between imaging findings, clinical parameters obtained from medical record review, and modified Hinchey classification with management outcomes.

Results

CT findings associated with surgical management include the presence of a pericolonic fluid collection (36.8% vs. 8.2%, P = 0.0001), colonic fistula (13.2% vs. 0.4%, P = 0.0002), extraluminal air (26.4% vs. 9.3%, P = 0.0052), bowel obstruction (5.2% vs. 0.0%, P = 0.0162), and a modified Hinchey score of Ib or higher (55.3% vs. 11.7%, P = 0.0001). Slightly lower systolic blood pressure was also associated with operative management (137.2 mmHg vs. 128.2 mmHg, P = 0.0220).

Conclusion

Specific CT imaging features and modified Hinchey classification are associated with subsequent surgical management in patients with acute diverticulitis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    David D. B. Bates, Marina Bernal Fernandez, Stephan W. Anderson, Avneesh Gupta & Christina A. LeBedis

  2. Department of Pathology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Cecilia Ponchiardi

  3. Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Michael von Plato & Joshua P. Teich

  4. Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Chaitan Narsule

  5. Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    David D. B. Bates

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Bates, D.D.B., Fernandez, M.B., Ponchiardi, C. et al. Surgical management in acute diverticulitis and its association with multi-detector CT, modified Hinchey classification, and clinical parameters. Abdom Radiol 43, 2060–2065 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1422-y

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