Template:Modified Hinchey

Modified Hinchey Classification[1]

  • 0 Mild clinical diverticulitis
  • Ia Confined pericolic inflammation or phlegmon
  • Ib Pericolic or mesocolic abscess
  • II Pelvic, distant intraabdominal, or retroperitoneal abscess
  • III Generalized purulent peritonitis
  • IV Generalized fecal peritonitis
  1. Wasvary H, Turfah F, Kadro O, et al. Same hospitalization resection for acute diverticulitis. Am Surg. 1999;65:632–635.