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Comparison of colonoscopy after colonic diverticulitis and positive fecal immunochemical tests for the detection of colorectal neoplasia

open access: yesEndoscopy 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.
Dai Nakamatsu   +18 more
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Acute Colonic Diverticulitis [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2018
Acute colonic diverticulitis is a gastrointestinal condition frequently encountered by primary care practitioners, hospitalists, surgeons, and gastroenterologists. Clinical presentation ranges from mild abdominal pain to peritonitis with sepsis. It can often be diagnosed on the basis of clinical features alone, but imaging is necessary in more severe ...
Sophia M, Swanson, Lisa L, Strate
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Management of colonic diverticulitis [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2021
ABSTRACTLeft sided colonic diverticulitis is a common and costly gastrointestinal disease in Western countries, characterized by acute onset of often severe abdominal pain. Imaging is necessary to make an initial diagnosis and determine disease severity. Colonoscopy should be done six to eight weeks after diagnosis to rule out a missed colon malignancy.
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Perfusion Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Colonic Diverticular Disease and its Complications

open access: yesКреативная хирургия и онкология, 2023
Introduction. Colonic diverticular disease (colonic diverticulitis) is considered to be a serious medical and social problem of modern society, marked by a persistent decrease in the quality of life of patients and a steady growth in morbidity with a ...
M. V. Timerbulatov   +4 more
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Long-term use of steroids protects from the development of symptomatic diverticulitis requiring hospitalization in the Asian population. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The pathophysiology of diverticulitis is poorly understood. Factors such as physical inactivity, constipation, obesity, smoking, and the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been associated with an increased risk of diverticular ...
Shen-Shong Chang, Hsiao-Yun Hu
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Expandable Metal Stents for Left Sided Colon Obstruction from Diverticulitis. A Single Center Retrospective Series

open access: yesMedicina, 2021
Background and Objectives: The incidence of diverticulitis is increasing in western countries. Complicated diverticulitis is defined as diverticulitis associated with localized or generalized perforation, localized or distant abscess, fistula, stricture ...
Antonietta Lamazza   +7 more
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Complicated intra-abdominal infections in Europe: preliminary data from the first three months of the CIAO Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Contains fulltext : 110654.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)ABSTRACT: The CIAO Study is a multicenter observational study currently underway in 66 European medical institutions over the course of a six-month study period (January-
Ansaloni, L.   +456 more
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Complications of Diverticular Disease – a Quick Overview [PDF]

open access: yesModern Medicine, 2023
Diverticulosis is a chronic acquired disease defined by the presence of diverticular protrusions throughout the wall layers of the digestive tract. Colonic diverticular disease is defined as clinically manifest or symptomatic diverticulosis, either by ...
Andreea NESTIAN   +3 more
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The Need for Routine Colonoscopy after Acute Diverticulitis Revisited

open access: yesWorld Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2020
Background: The utility of routine outpatient colonoscopy after the conservative management of complicated and uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis has become questionable.
Michelle L. Cooper   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence-based Treatment with Chronic Colonic Diverticulitis: A Case Report

open access: yesXiehe Yixue Zazhi, 2023
Colonic diverticulitis is a common gastrointestinal disease which can be acute or chronic in course. In this paper we report the management of a patient with chronic colonic diverticulitis. The patient had an atypical clinical presentation, whose imaging
YU Ziqing   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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