the authors report a retrospective series of 82 cases of sigmoid diverticulosis which revealed the following points : surgery is rarely performed on `` '' cold '' '' disease but for acute or chronic complications , diverticular disease is very often present for a very long time and the doctor or the patient has refused operation for various reasons , whenever possible , infection must be eradicated as first line treatment and continuity must be restored under protection of a right transverse colostomy which is closed 4 to 6 weeks later .
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