the Management of Diverticular Disease

- Annexes

Table 1 Hinchy classification, ⁽¹⁾.

Stage	Description
I	Pericolic abscess or phlegmon
II	Pelvic, distant intraabdominal, or retroperitoneal abscess
III	Generalized purulent peritonitis
IV	Generalized fecal peritonitis

Table 2 Modified Hinchy classification (Wasvary), ⁽¹⁾.

Stage	Description
0	Mild clinical acute diverticulitis
Ia	confined pericolic inflammation phlegmon
Ib	Pericolic or mesocolic abscess
II	Pelvic, distant intraabdominal, or retroperitoneal abscess
III	Generalized purulent peritonitis
IV	Generalized fecal peritonitis

Table 3. Quality and Significance of the four levels of evidence in GRADE:

Table 4. Factors that determine How to upgrade or downgrade the quality of evidence.