1. Volume 138, Issue 7, Pages 2267-2274.e1 (June 2010)
Laparoscopy Improves Short-term Outcomes After Surgery for Diverticular Disease 
Andrew J. Russ, Kari L. Obma, Victoria Rajamanickam, Yin Wan, Charles P. Heise, Eugene F. Foley, Bruce Harms, Gregory D. Kennedy 
Gastroenterology 
Volume 138, Issue 7, Pages e1 (June 2010)
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2. Figure 1
Univariate analysis of complications in those patients undergoing either laparoscopic or open surgeries for diverticular disease. All differences noted are statistically significant. DVT, deep venous thrombosis; SSI, surgical site infection.
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3. Figure 2
Rates of complications in those patients undergoing either laparoscopic or open surgeries for diverticular disease stratified according to risk predictors. (A) Patients were stratified into 3 groups of probability of morbidity. Differences in rates of complications were statistically significant. (B) Patients were stratified according to ASA classification. Differences in rates of complications were statistically significant.
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