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.
Stocchi L, Martin ST
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BMC GastroenterologyObjective Early identification of complicated acute diverticulitis(cAD) is especially significant for clinical physician and surgeon to reduce the antibiotic usage and the risk of emergency surgery. This study was aimed to investigate the significance of
Qi Su, Qingzhi Wang, Yantian Cao
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Prevention of complications of colonic diverticular disease in outpatient practice [PDF]
Терапевтический архив, 2016 The literature review gives an update on the frequency and risk factors of complications of colonic diverticular disease, the results of recent investigations, which suggest the success and safety of outpatient treatment for uncomplicated acute ...
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Pubic osteomyelitis after surgery for perforated colonic diverticulitis with fecal peritonitis: A case report [PDF]
, 2017 IntroductionPubic osteomyelitis is a rare type of suppurative osteomyelitis. Early diagnosis of pubic osteomyelitis is difficult, and prolonged inflammation results in progressive bone degradation, severe pelvic pain and a wide-based gait.Presentation of
Enomoto Tsuyoshi +8 more
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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.
Kegan Jessamy +4 more
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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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Management of Complicated Colonic Diverticulosis [PDF]
, 2006 Prevalence of diverticular disease has been increasing worldwide in concert with the development of industrial era and the alteration of diet pattern to low dietary fiber.
Abdullah, A. A. (Arman) +4 more
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Methodological overview of systematic reviews to establish the evidence base for emergency general surgery [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The evidence for treatment decision‐making in emergency general surgery has not been summarized previously. The aim of this overview was to review the quantity and quality of systematic review evidence for the most common emergency surgical ...
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The influence of Mechanical bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery for diverticulitis [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) has been shown to have no influence on the ...
BR Klarenbeek +29 more
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Use of severity classification systems in the surgical decision-making process in emergency laparotomy for perforated diverticulitis [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Hartman's procedure (HP) or primary anastomosis (PA) are the two surgical techniques used in patients undergoing emergency colectomy for perforated diverticulitis. There are no objective criteria to guide the surgeon's choice of procedure.
Dietrich, Michael +5 more
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