Robotic Surgery for Complicated Diverticulitis

The severity of complicated diverticulitis includes a broad spectrum of diseases and is classified according to the Hinchey classification system [1]: Stage I: pericolic abscess, confined to the mesentery of the colon, usually responsive to conservative management, with a radiological drainage in the case of an abscess larger than 5 cm; Stage II: distant abscess amenable to percutaneous drainage (Stage IIa) or complex and multiple abscesses with or without a digestive fistula (Stage IIb); Stage III: diffuse purulent peritonitis; Stage IV: diffuse fecal peritonitis;