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American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1926
Abstract Diverticulitis is a disease of the left lower quadrant usually, but may occur anywhere along the length of the colon. It occurs chiefly in males between forty and fifty years of age, but attacks in children are reported also. The patients are usually of the well-developed make-up, short, fat, and overweight.
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Abstract Diverticulitis is a disease of the left lower quadrant usually, but may occur anywhere along the length of the colon. It occurs chiefly in males between forty and fifty years of age, but attacks in children are reported also. The patients are usually of the well-developed make-up, short, fat, and overweight.
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The Prognosis in Diverticulitis of the Colon
Archives of Surgery, 1968THIS is a review of cases of patients with diverticulitis coli admitted to Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, from 1955 to 1966. The reason for making the study was to determine if a reasonable prognostic yardstick could be developed. There is no disagreement that surgery is indicated for the complications of this disease, but indecision and ...
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SURGERY IN COLONIC DIVERTICULITIS
Archives of Surgery, 1953DIVERTICULOSIS of the colon is an irreversible structural change that occurs in approximately 5% of persons beyond middle age. Symptoms are absent or inconsequential unless some degree of inflammation supervenes; this constitutes diverticulitis and occurs in an estimated 10% of diverticulosis cases.1In the great majority of these cases diet and ...
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Perforated Diverticulitis of the Transverse Colon
The European Journal of Surgery, 2000link_to_subscribed_fulltext
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Complications of colonic diverticulitis
Postgraduate Medicine, 1976About half of the patients in whom diverticulitis develops have subsequent attacks. Recurrence increases the likelihood both of complications, such as perforation, abscess, fistula, obstruction, and hemorrhage, and of the necessity for surgical intervention.
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2017
Mainly a disease of Westernized nations, colonic diverticulitis essentially refers to a wide spectrum of diseases ranging from being asymptomatic in the vast majority of patients to about 1% requiring surgical intervention, sometimes acutely in the setting of perforation and subsequent generalized peritonitis.
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Mainly a disease of Westernized nations, colonic diverticulitis essentially refers to a wide spectrum of diseases ranging from being asymptomatic in the vast majority of patients to about 1% requiring surgical intervention, sometimes acutely in the setting of perforation and subsequent generalized peritonitis.
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Ultrasound of Colon Diverticulitis
Digestive Diseases, 2012Overall, the diagnosis of diverticulitis is more reliably made by computed tomography (CT) than by ultrasound (US). However, since US is often used as a first modality in acute abdomen, it is important to be aware of the US signs of diverticulitis. Besides, in not too obese patients, US may be superior to CT.
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Sonography of colonic diverticulitis.
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 1985Sonographic findings in 16 patients with diverticulitis of the colon are described. The wall of the inflamed segment of the colon appeared hypoechoic and thickened. Maximum thickness of the wall ranged from 5 to 17 mm. Length of the most severely inflamed segment of the colon ranged from 6 to 9 cm. In addition, adjacent contiguous segments of the colon,
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Acute colonic diverticulitis is a gastrointestinal condition that is frequently encountered by primary care and emergency department practitioners, hospitalists, surgeons, and gastroenterologists. Clinical presentation ranges from mild abdominal pain to peritonitis with sepsis.
Sarah A. Gunby, Lisa L. Strate
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Acute colonic diverticulitis is a gastrointestinal condition that is frequently encountered by primary care and emergency department practitioners, hospitalists, surgeons, and gastroenterologists. Clinical presentation ranges from mild abdominal pain to peritonitis with sepsis.
Sarah A. Gunby, Lisa L. Strate
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