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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Emergency Left Colon Resection for Acute Perforation. Primary Anastomosis or Hartmann's Procedure? A Case-matched Control Study [PDF]
, 2018 Background: The optimal treatment remains controversial for acute left-sided colon perforation. Therefore, the effectiveness and safety of primary anastomosis versus Hartmann's operation (HP) was compared in a case-matched control study.
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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.
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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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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.
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Acute colonic diverticulitis in patients under 50 years of age [PDF]
, 2002 Sebastiano Biondo +5 more
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DNA Methylation Analysis Validates Organoids as a Viable Model for Studying Human Intestinal Aging. [PDF]
, 2020 Background & aimsThe epithelia of the intestine and colon turn over rapidly and are maintained by adult stem cells at the base of crypts. Although the small intestine and colon have distinct, well-characterized physiological functions, it remains ...
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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 ...
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