Management of acute diverticulitis in Covid 19 times. Our experience.

Abstract

IntroductionThe main objective is to analyze whether there are any differences between the patients diagnosed with acute diverticulitis during the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus pandemic months compared to the ones diagnosed within the same period the year before. Material and methodsThe analysis consisted of a retrospective and observational study including all patients diagnosed with acute diverticulitis during the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus pandemic and patients diagnosed the previous year in the same period in our center (population catchment area, 243,000 inhabitants). The severity of patients diagnosed with acute diverticulitis was assessed according to the Hinchey classification. The following variables were studied and analyzed: sex; age; Hinchey grade; treatment; comorbidity and average hospital stay.