Table 1 PICOS-Question

P

Patient, Population, Problem

Patients with perforated diverticulitis and generalized purulent or feaculent peritonitis. No restrictions on comorbidities, age groups or sex

I

Intervention, Prognostic Factor, or Exposure

Patients who underwent a two staged damage control strategy

C

Comparison or Intervention (if appropriate)

Patients who were treated by a concurrent approach: primary anastomosis with or without diverting ileostomy, Hartmann´s procedure

O

Outcome you would like to measure or achieve

Stoma rate at discharge, anastomotic leak rate, morbidity, mortality, unplanned revision laparotomy, rate of fascia closure

S

Study types

Randomized, non-randomized, prospective, retrospective