A historical review of surgery for peritonitis secondary to acute colonic diverticulitis: from Lockhart-Mummery to evidence-based medicine

Table 6 Hartman procedure vs to three stages technique

	Study type	Cases		Age (yr)	Pathology	Hinchey stage
		Cases				Hinchey </= 2		Hinchey > 2
		Resection	Trasverse colostomy and drainage			resection	colostomy and drainage	resection	colostomy and drainage
Nagorney et al. (1985)	R	90	31	CR 61 vs TCD 65	P	−	−	90	31
Finlay et al. (1987)	R	38	40	D	P, A	12	29	26	11
Kronborg et al. (1993)	RCT	31	31	CR 73 vs TCD 71	P	−	−	31	31

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