[Reflexions on the surgical treatment of diverticular sigmoiditis. Apropos of 62 cases].

The authors report 62 cases of operated diverticular sigmoiditis, note the indications for surgery and the method adopted. Apart from acute complications comparison of the clinical, laboratory and radiological data permit one to decide on a cold operation for prophylactic purposes. For acute generalised or localised peritonitis, the authors remove the lesions straight away when local and general conditions permit it. They emphasis the severity of the complications and the dealy with which these patients are still too often admitted on a surgical unit, which explins the persistently poor prognosis in spite of present conditions of resuscitation.