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How can you help prevent a recurrence of diverticulitis? [PDF]
A high-fiber diet is often prescribed after recovery from acute diverticulitis, based on extrapolation from epidemiologic data showing an association between low-fiber diets and diverticulosis (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, expert opinion).
Jamieson, Barbara, Weisberger, Lise
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End-colostomy diverticulitis with parastomal phlegmon: A case report. [PDF]
Acute colonic diverticulitis is a well-known surgical emergency, which occurs in about 10 percent of patients known for diverticulosis. The case of a 77-year-old woman is reported, with past history of abdominoperineal resection with end-colostomy for ...
Benabidallah, S.+5 more
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Utilidad de la Tomografía Computada helicoidal en la diverticulitis aguda
Objetivo: Evaluar la utilidad de la tomografía computada helicoidal (TCH) en el diagnóstico y manejo terapéutico de la diverticulitis aguda. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de cohorte retrospectivo realizado sobre un periodo de 6 meses que incluyó a 100 ...
Sebastián Atilio Rossini+2 more
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Complete mesocolic excision does not increase short-term complications in laparoscopic left-sided colectomies : a comparative retrospective single-center study [PDF]
Background: Since the implementation of total mesorectal excision (TME) in rectal cancer surgery, oncological outcomes improved dramatically. With the technique of complete mesocolic excision (CME) with central vascular ligation (CVL), the same surgical ...
Claeys, Donald+6 more
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Efficacy, safety, and applicability of outpatient treatment for diverticulitis
Antonio TursiGastroenterology Service, ASL BAT, Andria BT, ItalyAbstract: Acute diverticulitis of the colon represents a significant burden for national health systems, in terms of direct and indirect costs.
Tursi A
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Objectives: Despite the availability of international guidelines advocating shorter treatment durations, nonadherence to them is common. We assessed duration of antibiotic treatment for diverticulitis, complicated urinary tract infection (UTI), and ...
Nicolas Eduard Frei+3 more
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Swollen limbs and bone pain : a case report [PDF]
A 50 year old man presented with peripheral oedema, abdominal distension and a pulmonary opacity on CXR. He subsequently perforated his sigmoid colon as a complication of diverticulitis with pericolic abscess. After colectomy his postoperative period was
Cacciottolo, Joseph M.+2 more
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New and emerging treatments for the prevention of recurrent diverticulitis
Sean T Martin, Luca StocchiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USAAbstract: Sigmoid diverticulitis is a common benign condition which carries significant morbidity and socioeconomic burden.
Stocchi L, Martin ST
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Controversias en el tratamiento de la diverticulitis aguda de colon. Revisión bibliográfica [PDF]
La enfermedad diverticular se caracteriza por la presencia de divertículos a lo largo de todo el tracto gastrointestinal que se deben a múltiples factores.
Núñez Casado, María
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