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Smoking and alcohol consumption as risk factors for colonic diverticulosis and its complications: Systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

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Chitneni E   +10 more
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Diverticulitis of the Colon

Postgraduate Medicine, 1962
Many of the serious complications of diverticulitis can be prevented by careful dietary and medical management instituted early in the disease. At least 80 per cent of cases of early diverticulitis can be successfully managed in this way. If surgical intervention is indicated, it is preferable to operate at a time when a one stage resection is feasible.
John E. Leigh   +2 more
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Diverticulitis of the colon

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1974
Diverticulosis affects both sexes about equally, but diverticulitis is more common in females. Twenty-five per cent of patients with diverticulosis will develop diverticulitis; this percentage rises as the follow-up period lengthens. The probability of developing a complication increases with each attack of diverticulitis and when diabetes coexists ...
A R, Gennaro, G P, Rosemond
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Diverticulitis of the Colon

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1972
Treatment of diverticulitis has varied considerably over the years, from a conservative approach limited to drainage of abscesses and decompression of obstruction, to direct surgical attack on the disease itself. Recent evidence suggests that diverticular disease of the colon should be treated surgically, according to the type of disease present, when ...
J J, Byrne, V L, Hennessy
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DIVERTICULITIS OF THE ASCENDING COLON

Archives of Surgery, 1953
THERE has been increasing interest in cecal diverticulitis since the first case was reported by Portier1in 1912. Since that time, however, no distinction between diverticulitis of the cecum and diverticulitis of the ascending colon has been made in the literature.
A M, VAUGHN, E M, NARSETE
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Diverticulitis of the ascending colon

The American Journal of Surgery, 1968
Abstract Cecal diverticulitis is an unusual lesion and most surgeons have had little personal experience with it. Diagnosis, even at the time of operation, is difficult and consequently treatment is often inappropriate. A preoperative diagnosis of appendicitis and suspected malignancy at the time of operation are usual.
S, Bahabozorgui   +2 more
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Diverticulitis of the Colon

Gastroenterology, 1954
Summary 1.In 14,695 examinations of the colon by roentgen studies, diverticula were demonstrated in approximately one of every eight patients. 2.Surgical treatment was employed in only 53 cases of colonic diverticulitis during a fifteen year period.
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