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Clinical and Economic Insights Into Surgery for Colonic Diverticular Perforation: A Long‐Term Observational Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 9, Issue 5, Page 1036-1046, September 2025.
The sigmoid colon was the most common perforation site among patients with colonic diverticular perforation. The patients' conditions, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization cost were significantly worse in left‐sided colon diverticular perforation than in right‐sided colon diverticular perforation. The clinical characteristics differed according
Minoru Fujita   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computed Tomographic Findings in Differentiating between Diverticulitis and Colon Cancer

open access: yesSiriraj Medical Journal, 2007
Objective: To determine the computed tomographic (CT) findings associated with diverticulitis or colonic cancer, and to evaluate the CT signs that may help in distinguishing between these two diseases.
Aphinya Charoensak   +2 more
doaj  

Management of complicated diverticulitis of the colon [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2017
AbstractDiverticular disease of the colon occurs quite frequently in developed countries, and its prevalence has recently increased in Japan. The appearance of diverticulosis increases with age, although mostly remaining asymptomatic. Approximately 20% of cases require treatment.
Toru Tochigi   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Management of Diverticulitis and Prevention of Recurrence [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Medical Journal Gastroenterology, 2015
Acute diverticulitis is an acute inflammation of colonic diverticulae that is associated with an episode of severe, prolonged, lower abdominal pain (usually on the left side), changes in bowel movements, low-grade fever, and leukocytosis.
Paolo Andreozzi   +3 more
doaj  

Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: Current studies reporting on the risk of smoking and development of symptomatic diverticular disease have reported conflicting results. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between smoking and symptomatic ...
Humes, David   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Wireless Soft Optical Blood Sensor for Colonoscopy

open access: yesAdvanced Sensor Research, Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2025.
This works presents an “add‐on” wireless soft optical blood sensor for the traditional colonoscopy. It can reliably detect bleeding behind the colonoscope's distal tip camera via optical absorption, without optical fibers, and wirelessly transmit data to the processor.
Kamin Palkawong‐Na‐Ayuddhaya   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The human colon: Evidence for degenerative changes during aging and the physiological consequences

open access: yesNeurogastroenterology &Motility, Volume 37, Issue 8, August 2025.
Reduced nociceptor innervation can explain diminished abdominal pain among the elderly. Degenerative changes occur within the colon wall, especially ascending colon. Mechanisms may include senescence‐like activity and inflammaging. Constipation is more likely to occur during age‐related challenges affecting functions of the bowel that now have reduced ...
Nicholas Baidoo, Gareth J. Sanger
wiley   +1 more source

The Microbial Ecosystem Distinguishes Chronically Diseased Tissue from Adjacent Tissue in the Sigmoid Colon of Chronic, Recurrent Diverticulitis Patients

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
Diverticular disease is commonly associated with the older population in the United States. As individual’s age, diverticulae, or herniation of the mucosa through the colonic wall, develop.
Kathleen M. Schieffer   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ionic Liquid‐Reinforced Multifunctional Hydrogel for the Treatment of Enterocutaneous Fistula

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, Volume 37, Issue 29, July 24, 2025.
ECFGel is a multifunctional hydrogel engineered to treat infection‐associated ECFs. ECFGel demonstrates outstanding mechanical and biological properties, facilitating easy application, reliable occlusion, and sterilization, while promoting effective healing of infected fistula tracts.
Jinjoo Kim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacto de la tomografía computada en el manejo de la diverticulitis aguda del colon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Introducción: La diverticulitis aguda colónica (DAC) ha incrementado su incidencia durante las últimas décadas. La Tomografía Computada (TC) es el estándar de oro para su diagnóstico, ya que permite la identificación temprana de formas severas y de ...
Bosques Padilla, Francisco Javier   +6 more
core  

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