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Scientific Reports, 2023 Non-operative treatment is the mainstay of colonic diverticulitis, but some patients require surgery due to non-operative treatment failure. This study aims to identify risk factors for the failure of non-operative treatment of colonic diverticulitis ...
Jong Ho Kim +4 more
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Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: Colonoscopy following an episode of acute diverticulitis is currently recommended to rule out underlying colon cancer. However, a number of studies have debated this recommendation.
A. Mari, T. Khoury, W. Sbeit
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2020 Acute colonic diverticulitis is one of the most common clinical conditions encountered by surgeons in the acute setting. An international multidisciplinary panel of experts from the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) updated its guidelines for ...
M. Sartelli +60 more
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Laparoscopic Lavage in Complicated Diverticulitis with Colonic Perforation, Always Be Closing?
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021 Laparoscopic lavage is seen as an acceptable alternative to colonic resection in selected patients with acute diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis. There is no consensus on what surgical technique should be used when performing this procedure.
Jasper P. Sijberden +2 more
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Comparative outcomes of acute colonic diverticulitis in immunocompromised versus immunocompetent patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2023 Background/Aims Immunocompromised patients with acute colonic diverticulitis are at high risk for complications and failure of non-surgical treatment. However, evidence on the comparative outcomes of immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients with ...
Jae Gon Lee +9 more
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Management of colonic diverticulitis [PDF]
BMJ, 2021 Left sided colonic diverticulitis is a common and costly gastrointestinal disease in Western countries, characterized by acute onset of often severe abdominal pain.
A. Peery
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Colonic Diverticulitis in the Elderly
International Journal of Gerontology, 2009 Diverticular disease of the colon is a disease that mainly affects the elderly and presents in 50–70% of those aged 80 years or older. The most common complication is colonic diverticulitis.
Chien-Kuo Liu +2 more
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Characteristics of predominantly right-sided colonic diverticulitis without need for colectomy
BMC Surgery, 2020 Background In China, diverticulitis is more often located in the right colon, mainly in the cecum and ascending colon. Here we study the characteristics of acute colonic diverticulitis and compare various treatments for acute right-sided colonic ...
Zhimin Chen, Bing Zhang, Dan Wu, Ye Jin
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Endoscopy International Open, 2021 Background and study aims The relationship between acute colonic diverticulitis and colorectal cancer (CRC) is unclear, but colonoscopy is recommended to exclude malignancy.
D. Nakamatsu +18 more
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Conservative Management of Complicated Colonic Diverticulitis in Early and Late Elderly
Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: The management of complicated diverticulitis in the elderly can be a challenge and initial non-operative treatment remains controversial.
G. Perrone +6 more
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