[Prevention of complications of surgery of diverticular disease]

Results are reported for 335 patients hospitalized for diverticular disease of the symptomatic colon: bowel movement disorders, abdominal pains and/or rectorrhagia. Of 81 patients that received operative surgery, 62 presented inflammatory stenosis or perforation. Recurrence is prevented by surgical treatment combining sigmoidectomy and exeresis of the rectosigmoid junction.