Contributors: Justin A. Maykel MD
The following video demonstrates a laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for the treatment of complicated sigmoid diverticulitis. The patient was initially managed with intravenous antibiotics and allowed three months for the acute inflammatory process to resolve. Subsequently she was taken to operating room electively for an uncomplicated sigmoid colectomy with a primary anastomosis.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17797/xq6fosqsh3
Editor Recruited By: Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD