• Anal Abscess
• Anal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• Anal Incontinence
• Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (AIN)
• Anal Skin Tags
• Anal Warts
• Bowel Cancer
• Colonic Polyps
• Constipation
• Crohn's Disease
• Diverticular Disease
  • Symptoms
  • Investigations
  • Treatments
• Enterocele and sigmoidocele
• Haemorrhoids
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
• Internal rectal prolapse (intussusception)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Obstructed Defaecation Syndrome
• Pilonidal Sinus
• Proctitis
• Pruritis Ani
• Rectal Prolapse
• Rectocele
• Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome
• Ulcerative Colitis

Diverticular Disease Treatment

Diverticulitis normally requires treatment with antibiotics and in some cases this treatment needs to be in hospital. These attacks normally settle down quite quickly but people often feel some discomfort for several weeks after. 

A CT Scan can be helpful in making the diagnosis and assessing the infection. Some patients who have frequent episodes of infection might be advised to have a planned operation to remove the affected part of the bowel. When an abscess develops a CT scan is usually required to make the diagnosis. Usually the abscess can be drained from the outside without an operation and antibiotics are given.
Bleeding from the bowel normally stops on its own. Sometimes a blood transfusion is required. It is very rare for an operation to be needed.

Although rare, if peritonitis develops an emergency operation to remove the affected part of the bowel is usually required.

Surgical procedures that can be performed for diverticular disease can include:

• Sigmoid Colectomy
• Left Hemicolectomy
• Anterior Resection