Levack et al followed patients after sigmoidectomy for diverticulitis. They identified a number of symptoms in these patients. The authors are from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Patient selection: diverticulitis treated by sigmoidectomy
Symptoms in survivors:
(1) fecal incontinence (25%)
(2) fecal urgency (20%)
(3) incomplete emptying (21%)
Risk factors from logistic regression analysis:
(1) female sex (for all 3 symptoms, OR range from 1.3 to 2.3)
(2) preoperative abscess (for fecal incontinence, OR 1,4)
(3) diverting ileostomy (for fecal urgency, OR 2.1)
(4) postoperative sepsis (for incomplete emptying, OR 1.9)
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