Fighting Inertia: Why are we Continuing to Treat Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis With Antibiotics? : Annals of Surgery

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Fighting Inertia: Why are we Continuing to Treat Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis With Antibiotics?

Hawkins, Alexander T. MD, MPH

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Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

[email protected].

Dr. Hawkins’ work on this manuscript was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health under award number K23DK118192.

The author reports no conflicts of interest

Annals of Surgery 274(5):p e443-e444, November 2021. | DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005138
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