How long is the recovery for diverticulitis surgery?
It’s going to take about two weeks to fully recover from diverticulitis surgery, so make sure that you take off work and get any other responsibilities covered. For the first two to seven days, you’ll be recovering in the hospital so that doctors and nurses can monitor your progress.
Can you cure diverticulitis with surgery?
It can often be treated with changes in diet, medications, and rest. If these treatments fail, a doctor may recommend surgery. There are several types of surgery that can treat diverticulitis.
What is the best doctor to see for diverticulitis?
Professionals involved in your diverticulitis diagnosis and treatment team may include digestive disease specialists (gastroenterologists), diagnostic radiologists and surgeons with expertise in bowel procedures.
What kind of surgeon operates on diverticulitis?
NYU Langone gastrointestinal surgeons may use a minimally invasive approach or conventional open surgery. Colorectal surgery can also be performed as an elective procedure to prevent recurrent episodes of diverticulitis. Your doctor can explain the benefits and risks of this option.
What kind of surgery is done for diverticulitis?
If necessary, surgeons perform a procedure to remove the diseased portion of the colon. NYU Langone gastrointestinal surgeons may use a minimally invasive approach or conventional open surgery. Colorectal surgery can also be performed as an elective procedure to prevent recurrent episodes of diverticulitis.
Can you have a colostomy if you have diverticulitis?
If you don’t, you’re warned, the diverticulitis will come back…and the next time, it might rupture, requiring emergency surgery and perhaps even a colostomy (when the colon is diverted to an opening in your abdomen and you have to collect your feces in a plastic bag).
Where does the waste go after diverticular surgery?
An odor-proof container, called a colostomy bag, is attached to the opening in the skin on the outside of the abdomen to collect the bowel contents. As you recover from surgery, waste leaves your body through the stoma and collects in the bag.
When to have surgery for diverticulitis at NYU Langone?
Surgery for Diverticular Disease. Your NYU Langone gastroenterologist may recommend surgery if symptoms of diverticulitis haven’t improved after nonsurgical treatment; if a perforation or fistula, a connection that forms between the intestines and another organ, develops in the colon wall; or if a diverticular pouch ruptures.