Diverticulitis, colonic - Open Access .click

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1988
Colonic diverticulosis is truly a disease of the 20th century. A direct correlation is thought to exist between the incidence of diverticular disease and the amount of dietary fiber. Acute colonic diverticulitis occurs in approximately 25 per cent of the patients with diverticula, and 20 per cent of the patients with diverticulitis will ultimately ...
C W, Chappuis, I, Cohn
openaire +2 more sources

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
openaire +2 more sources

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
openaire +2 more sources

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
openaire +2 more sources

diverticulitis
humans
3. good health

colon
colonic diverticulitis
diagnosis, differential

colonoscopy
diverticular disease
intestinal perforation