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Whether performed via an open or minimally invasive approach, surgery for diverticulitis can pose many technical challenges for the surgeon. These challenges can occur either during primary surgery for initial disease or during surgery for restoration of intestinal continuity following a sigmoid resection, colostomy, and Hartmann procedure.
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Galandiuk, S. (2017). Difficult Situations During the Surgery for Sigmoid Diverticulitis. In: Korenkov, M., Germer, CT., Lang, H. (eds) Gastrointestinal Operations and Technical Variations. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49878-1_37
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