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Our surgeons are highly specialised in the management and key hole surgery for diverticular disease, including key-hole (laparoscopic or robotic) resection of the diverticular diseased colon.
Location of diverticular disease
Diverticular disease of the colon is where “pockets” occur at weaknesses in the colon wall. These pockets are called diverticula. These pockets typically occur in the last part of the colon before reaching the rectum (the sigmoid colon). When one or more of these diverticula rupture it results in inflammation or infection of the involved colon (diverticulitis).
Surgical management
In most cases surgery can be avoided, but recurrent attacks of diverticulitis warrant discussion with your colorectal surgeon about the benefits of prophylactic surgery, where the disease colon (usually the sigmoid colon) is removed. This can usually be performed in a minimally invasive (robotic or laparoscopic) manner without the need for a stoma.
