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Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden [PDF]
, 2016 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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Medicina, 2020 Background: Colosalpingeal fistula is a rare complication secondary to diverticular disease. The pathogenesis is still not clearly understood. We present the case of a colosalpingeal fistula and a review of the management of this pathology.
Natalia Darii Plopa +5 more
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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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Complicated Diverticular Disease
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2020 AbstractThe modern management of colonic diverticular disease involves grouping patients into uncomplicated or complicated diverticulitis, after which the correct treatment paradigm is instituted. Recent controversies suggest overlap in management strategies between these two groups.
Kathleen M, Coakley +2 more
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Diverticular Disease: An Update on Pathogenesis and Management
Gut and Liver, 2018 Diverticular disease is one of the most common conditions in the Western world and one of the most common findings identified at colonoscopy. Recently, there has been a significant paradigm shift in our understanding of diverticular disease and its ...
Mona Rezapour, Saima Ali, Neil Stollman
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Acquired Diverticulosis of the Vermiform Appendix: A Rare Case Report
Acta Medica Iranica, 2021 - Diverticulosis of the appendix, as a rare and incident disorder, mimics acute or chronic appendicitis and is characterized by herniation of the appendiceal mucosa through the muscular wall.
Saeedeh Hosseini +4 more
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Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage. Our experience and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2016 NTRODUCTION: Over the years various therapeutic techniques for diverticulitis have been developed. Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage (LPL) appears to be a safe and useful treatment, and it could be an effective alternative to colonic resection in emergency
Desiderio, Jacopo +8 more
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Mesalazine for People with Diverticular Disease: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2018 Background. Diverticular disease treatment is limited to fibres, antibiotics, and surgery. There is conflicting evidence on mesalazine benefits and harms. Aim.
Andrea Iannone +6 more
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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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Microbiota of the Colonic Diverticula in the Complicated Form of Diverticulitis: A Case Report
Life, 2022 Intestinal microbiota appears to be implicated in the pathogenesis of diverticular disease. We present the case of a patient with diverticular colon disease complicated by a pelvic abscess.
Dina Yarullina +4 more
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