Colonic Diverticulitis in the Elderly [PDF]
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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Management of Diverticulitis and Prevention of Recurrence [PDF]
European Medical Journal Gastroenterology, 2015 Acute diverticulitis is an acute inflammation of colonic diverticulae that is associated with an episode of severe, prolonged, lower abdominal pain (usually on the left side), changes in bowel movements, low-grade fever, and leukocytosis.
Paolo Andreozzi +3 more
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Elective Surgery for Diverticulitis in Swiss Hospitals [PDF]
Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 Objective: To assess current management of diverticulitis in Switzerland.Methods: Prospective observational study of diverticulitis management and outcomes in surgical departments over a 3-month time period.
Seraina Faes +176 more
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Risk Factors for Severe Diverticulitis in Computed Tomography-Confirmed Acute Diverticulitis in Korea [PDF]
Gut and Liver, 2013 Background/AimsAcute complicated diverticulitis can be subdivided into moderate diverticulitis and severe diverticulitis. Although there have been numerous studies on the risk factors for complicated diverticulitis, little research has focused on severe ...
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Epiploic Appendagitis Mimicking Recurrent Diverticulitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2018 Here, we report a case in which a patient with an extensive history of diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon presented with left lower quadrant abdominal pain similar to her previous episodes of diverticulitis.
R. Plummer +3 more
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Non-Meckel Small Intestine Diverticulitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017 Non-Meckel small intestine diverticulitis can have many manifestations and its management is not well-defined. We report 4 unselect cases of small intestine diverticulitis; all patients were seen by the same physician at the Emergency Center at The ...
Shamim Ejaz +2 more
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Acute diverticulitis in immunocompromised patients: evidence from an international multicenter observational registry (Web-based International Register of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Wires-T) [PDF]
, 2023 BACKGROUND: Immunocompromised patients with acute diverticulitis are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to compare clinical presentations, types of treatment, and outcomes between immunocompromised and ...
Coccolini Federico +10 more
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Surgical management of colocutaneous fistulae in diverticulitis [PDF]
, 2021 A 70-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a painful left inguinal mass along with intermittent nausea and vomiting but no constipation or obstipation. Her last bowel motion was on the morning of presentation.
Ng, Justin Yan-Ting +3 more
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Operative Surgery Is Rarely Required in the Acute Management of Diverticulitis in the Modern Era [PDF]
, 2020 Acute diverticulitis is an emergency surgical condition that is commonly managed via an acute surgical unit model. Operative surgery is indicated in selected situations including generalized peritonitis or fistulous disease; however, limited data exist ...
Dissanayake, Bhanuka +5 more
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Perforated cecal diverticulitis with CT diagnosis and medical management
Radiology Case Reports, 2019 Acute diverticulitis is a painful condition of the gastrointestinal tract that results from sudden inflammation of one or more diverticula in the bowel wall.
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