[Follow-up of patients operated on for diverticular diseases]

Clinical follow-up of 118 patients who had undergone emergency of elective large bowel resection for diverticular disease proves that surgery prevents recurrences of acute diverticular disease and is curative of the complications of the disease. No reoperation was necessary for complications of diverticulitis. Healing was achieved subjectively and objectively in 44.9% of patients. Wound healing defects are, however, too frequent. Large bowel motility disorders were present in 55.1% of our cases; they can be corrected by dietetic and pharmacologic measures.