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Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: Colonoscopy following an episode of acute diverticulitis is currently recommended to rule out underlying colon cancer. However, a number of studies have debated this recommendation.
Amir Mari, Tawfik Khoury, Wisam Sbeit
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Colonic diverticulosis - diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2022 Objectives. The objectives of this study are to highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in patients with complicated acute colonic diverticulosis. Methods.
Cristian Meșină +5 more
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Acute Colonic Diverticulitis [PDF]
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018 Acute colonic diverticulitis is a gastrointestinal condition frequently encountered by primary care practitioners, hospitalists, surgeons, and gastroenterologists. Clinical presentation ranges from mild abdominal pain to peritonitis with sepsis. It can often be diagnosed on the basis of clinical features alone, but imaging is necessary in more severe ...
Sophia M, Swanson, Lisa L, Strate
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2023 Background Colonic diverticulitis is a leading cause of abdominal pain. The monocyte distribution width (MDW) is a novel inflammatory biomarker with prognostic significance for coronavirus disease and pancreatitis; however, no study has assessed its ...
Chang-Yuan Chang +7 more
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European Journal of Radiology Open, 2021 Background: Following an episode of acute diverticulitis, surgical guidelines commonly advise routine colonic follow-up to rule out underlying malignancy.
Tormund Njølstad +5 more
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Right-sided Colonic Diverticulitis in the Young Population: A Review Article [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2023 Although it is a condition of older adults, diverticular disease (especially of the right colon) is sometimes seen in patients under 50 years old. In the past two decades, reports on right-sided colon diverticulitis in the young population have increased.
Andrej Nikolovski +2 more
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Laparoscopic Lavage in Complicated Diverticulitis with Colonic Perforation, Always Be Closing?
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021 Laparoscopic lavage is seen as an acceptable alternative to colonic resection in selected patients with acute diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis. There is no consensus on what surgical technique should be used when performing this procedure.
Jasper Sijberden +2 more
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Differences between computed tomoghaphy and surgical findings in acute complicated diverticulitis [PDF]
, 2019 Summary Background/Objective: A preoperative reliable classification system between clinical and computed tomography (CT) findings to better plan surgery in acute complicated diverticulitis (ACD) is lacking.
Brachini, Gioia +10 more
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EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound - Part 1: Examination Techniques and Normal Findings (Long version). [PDF]
, 2016 ▼ In October 2014 the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology formed a Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) task force group to promote the use of GIUS in a clinical setting.
Calabrese, E. +16 more
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Colonic Diverticulitis in the Elderly
International Journal of Gerontology, 2009 Diverticular disease of the colon is a disease that mainly affects the elderly and presents in 50–70% of those aged 80 years or older. The most common complication is colonic diverticulitis.
Chien-Kuo Liu +2 more
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