• Erkan Yardımcı, Mustafa Hasbahçeci, Ufuk Oğuz İdiz, Musa Atay, and Hüseyin Akbulut.
• Department of General Surgery, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Turkey. oguzidiz@yahoo.com.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2017 Jan 1; 23 (1): 61-65.

BackgroundDiverticulosis of the right colon is an uncommon entity. Aim of the present study was to report outcome in patients with right-sided diverticulitis diagnosed using computed tomography (CT) and treated conservatively.MethodsTwelve patients with clinical and radiological diagnosis of cecal or right-sided diverticulitis who were treated conservatively between February 2013 and December 2014 were included. Demographic and clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.ResultsFemale to male ratio was 1:1 with mean age of 45.08±14.4 years. Mean length of symptom history before admission was 2.08±1.3 days. Most common presenting symptom was right lower abdominal pain, seen in 72.7% of the patients. Abdominal ultrasound alone was performed for 10 patients, and 2 also had abdominal CT. Mean duration of hospitalization was 2.8±1.5 days. All patients were successfully treated with medical therapy. There was no recurrence during mean follow-up period of 8.2±5.6 months.ConclusionIf uncomplicated diverticulitis of the right colon is correctly diagnosed with radiological evaluation, antibiotic therapy and bowel rest should be considered as treatment modality, as there was no recurrence observed in short-term follow-up period and this option presents advantage of avoiding surgical intervention.

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