DIRECT: Diverticulitis recurrences or continuing symptoms

Trial Description

Patients presenting themselves with persisting abdominal complaints after an episode of diverticulitis and/or three or more recurrences within 2 years will be included and randomized to either conservative treatment or elective resection. The primary outcome is health related quality of life measured by the GIQL Index, Short-Form 36, EQ-5D and a visual analogue scale for pain quantification. Secondary endpoints are morbidity, mortality and total costs. The total follow-up will be three years.

Chief Investigator

Bryan JM van de Wall
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Meander Medisch Centrum
Maatweg 3
Amersfoort
3813
The Netherlands
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