The Best Choice of Treatment for Acute Colonic Diverticulitis with Purulent Peritonitis Is Uncertain

Table 1

Hinchey classification: grading of acute, complicated diverticulitis [3].

Hinchey stage	Complications to acute diverticulitis
1	Localized abscess (para-/mesocolic)
2	Pelvic abscess
3	Purulent peritonitis
4	Feculent peritonitis