EAST Town Hall Debate - Laparoscopic Lavage for Complicated Diverticulitis

Jan 5, 2017

Webinar - https://cc.readytalk.com/r/pw08bwo0zm00&eom

5:00 pm-6:00 pm Eastern

Join us for our first EAST "hot topic" live town hall debate of the new year! The topic of discussion is laparoscopic lavage for acute diverticulitis. This procedure generated alot of excitement and interest as a much less invasvie and morbid option for patients needing emergent surgical intervention for perforated diverticulitis, but this interest has been tempered by conflicting results from several recent randomized trials. Our two teams of experts will have a lively and no holds barred discussion of the indications, techniques, outcomes, safety, and appropriateness of this procedure. Following the initial debate, the discussion will be opened up to comments and questions from the audience.

The starting point of the debate will be a recently published meta-analysis that was selected as one of the articles reviewed in the November edition of the EAST Literature Review.  

1. Laparoscopic lavage is superior to colon resection for perforated purulent diverticulitis—a meta-analysis. Angenete E, Bock D, Rosenberg J, Haglind E. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2016;(ePub ahead of print). doi:10.1007/s00384-016-2636-0.

Moderator: David Morris, EAST Online Education Committee

Co-Moderator: Matthew Martin, EAST Online Education Chair

There is no cost to participate in this webinar but we do ask that you Register.