Image-guided conservative management of right colonic diverticulitis

Table 1 Presentation of patients by a modified Hinchey classification[15]

	Modified Hinchey classification	Total (n = 189)
0	Direct visualization of the diverticulum with Sx or Sign1	26
Ia	Confined pericolic inflammation (phlegmon)	139
Ib	Confined pericolic abscess	23
II	Distant intraabdominal or retroperitoneal abscess	0
III	Generalized purulent peritonitis	1
IV	Fecal peritonitis	0

¹Right abdominal pain, leukocytosis, or fever with no radiologic evidence of appendicitis. Sx: Symptom.