Primary anastomosis: Observed surgical strategy consisting of sigmoid resection with colorectal anastomosis, with or without diverting stoma, performed according to standard clinical practice. The study does not assign this procedure.
Hartmann's procedure: Observed surgical strategy consisting of sigmoid resection with end colostomy and rectal stump closure, performed according to standard clinical practice. The study does not assign this procedure.
Study summary
The AIDE/OBS study is a multicenter, observational, non-interventional study designed to collect standardized clinical, radiological, intraoperative visual, and surgical reasoning data from adult patients undergoing non-elective surgery for complicated acute diverticulitis.
The study focuses on patients requiring urgent or emergency operative management, including cases following failure of non-operative management. The main intraoperative decision of interest is the choice between sigmoid resection with primary anastomosis, with or without diverting stoma, and Hartmann's procedure.
The current phase aims to build a structured multimodal dataset and to validate and refine a preliminary expert-informed decision-support tool. The study does not modify standard clinical practice, surgical indication, operative strategy, or postoperative management. All treatment decisions remain at the discretion of the treating surgical team according to local practice.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 18 years or older
* Diagnosis of acute complicated diverticulitis requiring non-elective operative management
* Emergency or urgent surgery for complicated diverticulitis, including surgery after failure of non-operative management
* Minimally invasive approach: laparoscopic/robotic surgery
* Patients undergoing sigmoid resection with primary anastomosis, Hartmann's procedure, or other operative strategy according to local practice
* Availability of clinical and operative data
* Local ethical approval, authorization, or waiver according to national and institutional regulations
Exclusion Criteria:
* Age younger than 18 years
* Elective surgery for diverticular disease
* Uncomplicated diverticulitis managed non-operatively
* Surgery performed for conditions not related to diverticulitis
* Surgical procedures performed via primary open approach (i.e., no attempt at minimally invasive surgery), unless converted intraoperatively.
* Lack of required consent or authorization for data use, when required by local regulations
Primary outcome measure(s)
Clinical, radiological, intraoperative visual, and surgeon-reported factors associated with the intraoperative decision to perform primary anastomosis versus Hartmann's procedure — Assessed intraoperatively during the index emergency surgical procedure and recorded at completion of operative case data entry. Structured analysis of patient-related, disease-related, imaging-related, intraoperative, and surgeon-reported factors influencing the choice between primary anastomosis and Hartmann's procedure in non-elective surgery for complicated diverticulitis.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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