[Short-term outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted procedures for chronic complications of diverticular disease].

Aim: To estimate efficacy of laparoscopic-assisted procedures for chronic complications of diverticular disease (DD).
Material and Methods: It was made a prospective comparative study within 2007-2015. Inclusion criteria were verified chronic DD (>6 weeks after the first attack) and bowel resection followed by primary anastomosis.
Exclusion Criteria: contraindications for pneumoperitoneum, BMI ≥35 kg/m ² , infiltrate dimension >10 cm, preoperatively non-excluded neoplasm.
Results: 233 patients with chronic DD underwent elective surgery, 136 (58.4%) of them were included in the study. There were 80 (58.8%) females aged 57.2±6.2 (24-83) years. Main group consisted of 75 patients after laparoscopic-assisted procedures, 61 were in control group (open ones). Both groups were homogeneous in age, gender, BMI, type of chronic complications, extent of inflammation, extent of bowel resection, surgery time (211.1 vs 206.3 min; p=0.16), incidence of preventive stoma (12.9 vs 19.7%; p=0.32) and complications rate (10.7 vs 14.7%; p=0.47). Maximal time of surgery was noted in case of chronic abdominal mass with statistically significance for main group (240.0±12.2 min vs 207.6±13.7 min; р=0.01). Conversion rate was 12.0% in main group. Main group showed significant higher rate of stapler anastomoses (66.7 vs 22.9%; р<0.0001), less intraoperative blood loss (100 ml vs 350 ml; р=0.001). Early postoperative period was significantly shorter in main group (9.5±0.4 days vs 12.9±1.2 days, р=0.02).
Conclusion: Laparoscopic-assisted procedures for diverticular disease are associated with more favorable early postoperative period with the same complication rate. Technical complexity and operative time depend on the extent of pelvic inflammatory changes.