Laparoscopic Sigmoid Diverticulectomy for the Management of Perforated Diverticulitis within a Strangulated Left Inguinal Hernia

Diya I. Alaedeen, MD, FACS

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-5799
Year Produced: 2019
Length: 8 min.


Gross perforation of sigmoid diverticulitis is usually managed by sigmoid colectomy. We present a unique case of a 70-year-old male who presented to our hospital with grossly perforated sigmoid diverticulitis within a strangulated left inguinal hernia. The patient did not have any clinical signs of intra-abdominal sepsis, and only a groin abscess on computed tomography. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed absence of abdominal contamination; only the herniation of two large sigmoid diverticula into the left groin. Sigmoid diverticulectomy was performed, and a drain was placed into the abdominal cavity. The groin abscess was then externally incised and drained, and the two perforated diverticula retrieved through the groin incision without any gross intra-abdominal contamination.