Imaging of ischemia, obstruction and infection in the abdomen [PDF]
, 2018 Intestinal ischemia is a serious condition that continues to be associated with mortalities in excess of 70%. Intestinal obstruction and gastrointestinal tract sepsis are common conditions, accounting for a large proportion of patients admitted to ...
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Risk factors for severity and recurrence of colonic diverticular bleeding [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Colonic diverticular bleeding is the most common cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Risk factors related to severity and repeated bleeding episodes are not completely clearly defined.
Antunes, Artur +4 more
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Self-Expanding Metal Stenting in the Management of a Benign Colonic Stricture
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2016 Colonic postanastomotic strictures occur in 1.5–8% of patients following colorectal surgery. Traditionally, colonic strictures were treated by multiple modalities including endoscopic dilatation.
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Methodological overview of systematic reviews to establish the evidence base for emergency general surgery [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The evidence for treatment decision‐making in emergency general surgery has not been summarized previously. The aim of this overview was to review the quantity and quality of systematic review evidence for the most common emergency surgical ...
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New and emerging treatments for the prevention of recurrent diverticulitis
Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2011 Sean T Martin, Luca StocchiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USAAbstract: Sigmoid diverticulitis is a common benign condition which carries significant morbidity and socioeconomic burden.
Stocchi L, Martin ST
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Diagnosis of bowel diseases: The role of imaging and ultrasonography [PDF]
, 2013 Examinations with a visualisation of the anatomy and pathology of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are often necessary for the diagnosis of GI diseases. Traditional radiology played a crucial role for many years.
Roccarina, D
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Economic burden of diverticular disease : an observational analysis based on real world data from an Italian region [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: Diverticular disease (DD), a herniation of the colonic mucosa through the muscle layer, covers a wide variety of conditions associated with the presence of diverticula in the colon.
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, 2012 A fistula is an atypical connection between two epithelial surfaces, in the case of an enterovesical fistula between the urinary and gastrointestinal systems. These may be the result of a number of causes including: 1.
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End-colostomy diverticulitis with parastomal phlegmon: A case report. [PDF]
, 2017 Acute colonic diverticulitis is a well-known surgical emergency, which occurs in about 10 percent of patients known for diverticulosis. The case of a 77-year-old woman is reported, with past history of abdominoperineal resection with end-colostomy for ...
Benabidallah, S. +5 more
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Results of Laparotomy and Laparoscopy for Perforated Colonic Diverticulitis [PDF]
, 2019 Sung Bak An +4 more
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