Question 293 · LEK · Colonic diverticula
Select the indication for elective surgery in a patient with diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon:
- A. recurrent diverticulitis.
- B. lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
- C. enterovaginal fistula.
- D. abscess in the lesser pelvis.
- E. perforation of a sigmoid colon diverticulum.
Hint
Separate complications needing urgent intervention from situations where surgery is planned after the acute episode settles.
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