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Complications of Diverticular Disease – a Quick Overview [PDF]
Modern Medicine, 2023 Diverticulosis is a chronic acquired disease defined by the presence of diverticular protrusions throughout the wall layers of the digestive tract. Colonic diverticular disease is defined as clinically manifest or symptomatic diverticulosis, either by ...
Andreea NESTIAN +3 more
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The Need for Routine Colonoscopy after Acute Diverticulitis Revisited
World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2020 Background: The utility of routine outpatient colonoscopy after the conservative management of complicated and uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis has become questionable.
Michelle L. Cooper +4 more
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Evidence-based Treatment with Chronic Colonic Diverticulitis: A Case Report
Xiehe Yixue Zazhi, 2023 Colonic diverticulitis is a common gastrointestinal disease which can be acute or chronic in course. In this paper we report the management of a patient with chronic colonic diverticulitis. The patient had an atypical clinical presentation, whose imaging
YU Ziqing +3 more
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Progress in the treatment of colonic diverticular diseases [PDF]
Waike lilun yu shijianThe incidence of colonic diverticular disease is increasing significantly and is showing a trend of youthfulness. The treatment of colonic diverticulum disease mainly involves drugs, including antibiotics, rifaximin, and mesalazine.
KONG Lei, YANG Huali
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Transverse Colon Diverticulitis with Calcified Fecalith
Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019 Left colonic diverticula are common in Western populations, whereas right colonic diverticulosis primarily occurs in Oriental populations. Diverticulitis of the transverse colon is very rare, with very few cases reported in the literature.
Aynur Solak +4 more
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World Journal of SurgeryAIM We aimed to investigate the short and the long-term outcomes and 2-year Quality of Life (QoL) of patients with right-sided colonic diverticulitis (RCD) surgically managed.
Sara Lauricella +6 more
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Digestion, 2019 Colonic diverticular disease has been increasing in prevalence in Japan due to the rapidly aging population. Colonic diverticular bleeding can result in hemorrhagic shock requiring blood transfusion, and it carries a high risk of recurrence within 1 year.
N. Nagata +7 more
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CONTEMPORARY DIAGNOSIS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF COLONIC DIVERTICULITIS COMPLICATIONS
Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2017 Сomplications of acute colonic diverticulitis occur more frequently nowadays in emergency surgical departments. Despite the high incidence of colonic diverticulitis, especially in elderly population, there are still many unsolved questions of its ...
P. A. Reznitsky, P. A. Yartsev
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Increased accuracy in diagnosing diverticulitis using predictive clinical factors
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: The aim of this study was to identify clinical factors leading to increased diagnostic accuracy for acute colonic diverticulitis. Methods: Patients with clinical suspicion of acute colonic diverticulitis verified with computed tomography (CT)
Johanna Sigurdardottir +3 more
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Use of CT Imaging in Acute Diverticulitis [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2016 Background: Acute colonic diverticulitis is generally considered to be a clinical diagnosis, however the use of CT (computed tomography)imaging in diverticulitis is becoming more common to exclude complicated diverticulitis.Objectives: To assess the use ...
Anton Mare, Neil Jones
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