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Acute Colonic Diverticulitis and Cirrhosis: Outcomes of Laparoscopic Colectomy Compared to an Open Approach.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2020
BACKGROUND The impact of cirrhosis on outcomes of acute colonic diverticulitis (ACD) has been studied infrequently. We investigated the effect of cirrhosis on outcomes of surgical patients with ACD treated either by an open or laparoscopic approach ...
A. Kazi   +6 more
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MDCT in the Setting of Suspected Colonic Diverticulitis: Prevalence and Diagnostic Yield for Diverticulitis and Alternative Diagnoses.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2020
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and demographic distribution of colonic diverticulitis (CD) and alternative diagnoses (AD), as well as the diagnostic accuracy of MDCT in patients with suspected CD.
J. Weinrich   +6 more
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Perforated Diverticulitis of the Transverse Colon

The European Journal of Surgery, 2000
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Liu, CL   +4 more
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Timing of laparoscopic elective surgery for acute left colonic diverticulitis. Retrospective analysis of 332 patients.

American Journal of Surgery, 2020
PURPOSE The optimal time to perform elective surgery remains to be determined. We analyzed the impact of time interval to surgery on short-terme outcome parameters in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic left colonic resection for diverticulitis ...
R. Kassir   +6 more
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Acute Colonic Diverticulitis

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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SURGERY IN COLONIC DIVERTICULITIS

Archives of Surgery, 1953
DIVERTICULOSIS 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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The Prognosis in Diverticulitis of the Colon

Archives of Surgery, 1968
THIS 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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Management of Colonic Diverticulitis

2016
Acute left colonic diverticulosis is common in Western countries, but its prevalence is increasing throughout the world. On one side left colonic diverticulosis is more common among elderly patients; on the other side, however, a dramatic rise of its incidence has been seen in the younger age groups during recent years.
Coccolini F.   +8 more
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Diverticulitis of the Right Colon

Archives of Surgery, 1958
Historical Background In 1849 Cruveilhier first described colonic diverticula. In 1853 Virchow first described the inflammatory disease and named it diverticulitis. Bristowe, Jones, Habershon, Lane, Graser, and Bland-Sutton contributed to the early literature.1In 1907 Mayo reported five cases of sigmoid resection for diverticulitis, and he is credited
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Ultrasound of Colon Diverticulitis

Digestive Diseases, 2012
Overall, 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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