Surgical management of colonic diverticular disease: Discrepancy between right- and left-sided diseases

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2014; 20(29): 10115-10120
Published online Aug 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i29.10115

Table 2 Clinical characteristics according to the site of diverticular disease n (%)

Variables	Right (n = 40)	Left (n = 37)	P value
Age (yr)¹	50.9 ± 15.0	64.0 ± 14.0	< 0.01
Gender (M/F)	29/11	20/17	0.09
Disease category			< 0.01
Diverticular bleeding	9 (22.5)	0 (0)
Uncomplicated diverticulitis	8 (20.0)	4 (10.8)
Complicated diverticulitis	23 (57.5)	33 (89.2)
Smoking	14 (35.9)	8 (21.6)	0.19
Alcohol consumption	21 (52.5)	7 (18.9)	< 0.01
BMI¹	23.8 ± 2.5	23.2 ± 3.0	0.35
Fever	14 (35.0)	8 (21.6)	0.19
Leukocytosis	14 (35.0)	17 (45.9)	0.33
Multiple sites	22 (55.0)	28 (75.7)	0.06

¹Date are expressed as mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index.

Citation: Oh HK, Han EC, Ha HK, Choe EK, Moon SH, Ryoo SB, Jeong SY, Park KJ. Surgical management of colonic diverticular disease: Discrepancy between right- and left-sided diseases. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(29): 10115-10120
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i29/10115.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i29.10115

Oh HK, Han EC, Ha HK, Choe EK, Moon SH, Ryoo SB, Jeong SY, Park KJ. Surgical management of colonic diverticular disease: Discrepancy between right- and left-sided diseases. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(29): 10115-10120 [PMID: 25110438 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i29.10115]

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