摘要：INTRODUCTION. THE DIVERTICULAR DISEASE REPRESENTS A COMMON PATHOLOGY IN DEVELOPEDOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. FOR ABOUT 80% OF PATIENTS THE DISEASE IS ASYMPTOMATIC(DIVERTICULOSIS), 20% DEVELOPING NON-SPECIFIC DIGESTIVE SYMPTOMS (UNCOMPLICATEDSYMPTOMATIC DIVERTICULAR DISEASE) OR CMPLICATIONS, SUCH AS ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS.
