PURPOSE: The first randomized clinical trial of antibiotics in uncomplicated @entity4436 (the AVOD study) showed no benefit of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to re-evaluate the computed tomography (CT) scans of the @entity1 in the AVOD study to find out whether there were CT findings that were missed and to study whether CT signs in uncomplicated @entity4436 could predict complications or recurrence. METHODS: The CT scan images from @entity1 included in the AVOD study were re-evaluated and graded by two independent reviewers for different signs of @entity4436 , including complications, such as extraluminal gas or the presence of an abscess. RESULTS: Of the 623 @entity1 included in the study, 602 CT scans were obtained and re-evaluated. Forty-four (7  %) @entity1 were found to have complications on the admitting CT scan that had been overlooked. Twenty-seven had extraluminal gas and 17 had an abscess. Four of these @entity1 deteriorated and required surgery, but the remaining @entity1 improved without complications. Of the 18 @entity1 in the no-antibiotic group, in whom signs of complications on CT were overlooked, 15 recovered without antibiotics. No CT findings in @entity1 with uncomplicated @entity4436 could predict complications or recurrence. CONCLUSION: No CT findings that could predict complications or recurrence were found. A weakness in the initial assessment of the CT scans to detect extraluminal gas and abscess was found but, despite this, the majority of @entity1 recovered without antibiotics. This further supports the non-antibiotic strategy in uncomplicated @entity4436 .

CT imaging for prediction of complications and recurrence in acute uncomplicated XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity4436 :: ('MESH:D004238', 'Disease') :: ['diverticulitis']
@entity4436 :: (MESH:D004238,Disease) :: ['diverticulitis']
