Randomized clinical trial of antibiotics in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis ( Br J Surg 2012; 99: 532-539).

The article presents a study that investigated the need for antibiotic treatment in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis, with the endpoint of recovery without complications after 12 months of follow-up. The study covered ten surgical departments in Sweden and one in Iceland. Six-hundred twenty-three patients with computed tomography-verified acute uncomplicated left-sided diverticulitis were randomized to treatment with or without antibiotics.