Hinchey classification of acute diverticulitis
Edward John Hinchey et al. 3 proposed a classification for acute diverticulitis, that has been variously adapted, and is useful not only in academia but also in outlining successive stages of severity.
Classification
- stage Ia: phlegmon
- stage Ib: diverticulitis with pericolic or mesenteric abscess
- stage II: diverticulitis with walled off pelvic abscess
- stage III: diverticulitis with generalized purulent peritonitis
- stage IV: diverticulitis with generalized fecal peritonitis
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