The article I chose is called Outcomes of surgical treatment of diverticular abscesses after failure of antibiotic therapy. It is a retrospective cohort study that looked at 100 patients with diverticular abscess between 2013 and 2020, with a minimal follow-up of 12 months to compare recurrent rates for antibiotics and surgery, and to evaluate the failure rate of each antibiotic regimen leading to surgery. Patient were divided into two groups depending on the size of the abscess: those with abscesses less than or equal to 4cm and those greater or equal to 4cm. All patients included in the study were initially treated conservatively with IV antibiotics. If patients failed conservative treatment, surgical management was then considered. It was concluded that there was a lower risk of recurrence in those patients with abscesses greater than 4 cm who underwent surgical management as opposed to treatment with antibiotics. The study also found that Augmentin was associated with a greater failure rate compared to antibiotics like Zosyn or ciprofloxacin+metronidazole.