Complications of Diverticular Disease: Perforation, Abscess, Obstruction, and Fistula

This chapter focuses on the complications of diverticular disease, such as perforation, abscess, obstruction, and fistula. The speakers discuss the different types of perforation, abscess formation and its relation to inflammation and obstruction, the symptoms and treatment of fluid collection and obstruction, the differentiation between chronic phase obstruction and colon cancer, the possibility of fistula formation including colovisicular fistula, and the management of diverticulitis with abscess formation.