“…In the current issue of Intestinal Research , Lee et al [ 7 ] investigated the comparative clinical outcomes including the medical and surgical treatment of acute colonic diverticulitis, between immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ten observational studies were included, involving 5,339 immunocompromised patients and 1,941,122 immunocompetent patients with acute diverticulitis requiring hospitalization.…”