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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
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Computed Tomographic Findings in Differentiating between Diverticulitis and Colon Cancer
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
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Management of complicated diverticulitis of the colon [PDF]
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
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Management of Diverticulitis and Prevention of Recurrence [PDF]
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
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Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden [PDF]
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
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A Wireless Soft Optical Blood Sensor for Colonoscopy
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
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The human colon: Evidence for degenerative changes during aging and the physiological consequences
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
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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
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Ionic Liquid‐Reinforced Multifunctional Hydrogel for the Treatment of Enterocutaneous Fistula
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
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Impacto de la tomografía computada en el manejo de la diverticulitis aguda del colon [PDF]
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
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