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Visceral Obesity as a Risk Factor for Left-Sided Diverticulitis in Japan: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Gut and Liver, 2013
Background/AimsLeft-sided diverticulitis is increasing in Japan, and many studies report that left-sided diverticulitis is more likely to be severe. Therefore, it is important to identify the features and risk factors for left-sided diverticulitis.
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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, Francesco Paolo Zito, Giovanni Sarnelli, Rosario Cuomo   +3 more
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The Need for Routine Colonoscopy after Acute Diverticulitis Revisited

World 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, Cu Tai Lu, Harald Puhalla, Hajir Nabi, Michael Von Papen   +4 more
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Post-Diverticulitis Colonoscopy Was Not Associated with Higher Colonic Adenoma and Carcinoma: A Multicenter Case–Control Study

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.
Amir Mari, Tawfik Khoury, Wisam Sbeit
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Ionic Liquid‐Reinforced Multifunctional Hydrogel for the Treatment of Enterocutaneous Fistula

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
ECFGel is a multifunctional hydrogel engineered to treat infection‐associated ECFs. ECFGel demonstrates outstanding mechanical and biological properties, facilitating easy application, reliable occlusion, and sterilization, while promoting effective healing of infected fistula tracts.
Jinjoo Kim, Hyeongseop Keum, Hassan Albadawi, Ismail Altinbasak, Furkan Yavuz, Erin H. Graf, Nitin Mishra, Rahmi Oklu   +7 more
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Diverticulitis

Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica, 2008
Diverticular disease produces a wide range of clinical presentations varying from minimal clinical discomfort to life-threatening complications. Often there is a considerable discrepancy between clinical, radiologic, endoscopic and pathologic findings. Diverticulosis is a quite common disease affecting about 2/3 of people in the Western world over the ...
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Clinical and Economic Insights Into Surgery for Colonic Diverticular Perforation: A Long‐Term Observational Cohort Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The sigmoid colon was the most common perforation site among patients with colonic diverticular perforation. The patients' conditions, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization cost were significantly worse in left‐sided colon diverticular perforation than in right‐sided colon diverticular perforation. The clinical characteristics differed according
Minoru Fujita, Noriaki Manabe, Munenori Takaoka, Masaharu Higashida, Hideo Matsumoto, Atsushi Urakami, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Tomio Ueno, Jiro Hata, Ken Haruma, Collaborators, Hisako Kubota, Jiro Hayashi, Masaki Matsubara, Takako Konishi, Emiko Bukeo, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Jun Nakamura, Mitsuhiko Suehiro, Maki Ayaki, Takahisa Murao, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Takashi Akiyama, Katsuya Kato, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Tomoari Kamada, Akiko Shiotani, Minoru Haisa, Yoshio Naomoto, Toshihiro Hirai   +29 more
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Inferior mesenteric vein thrombophlebitis secondary to acute diverticulitis

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Inferior mesenteric vein thrombophlebitis is an uncommon condition. Most cases of portal-mesenteric thrombophlebitis affect either the portal vein or superior mesenteric vein; it is not known why the inferior mesenteric vein is less affected ...
Andrew Waack, BS, Akash Ranabothu, Avish Persaud, BS, Meghana Ranabothu, BS, Venkatramana Vattipally, MD   +4 more
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Cornual Abscess Rupture: A Rare Etiology of Acute Abdomen [PDF]

, 2018
Ruptured cornual abscess or pyometra can resemble other more common causes of acute abdomen, including appendicitis, diverticulitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, and perforated viscus.
Brar, Bobby, Froehlich, Mary, Lua, Lannah L., Patil, Pooja, Planinic, Petar   +4 more
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Operative and nonoperative management of acute cholecystitis in patients on chronic kidney replacement therapy

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Patients with kidney failure receiving chronic kidney replacement therapy (KRT: dialysis or kidney transplantation) have increased risks of postoperative mortality and morbidity. This study assesses the outcomes of acute cholecystitis in patients on chronic KRT who undergo cholecystectomy compared to nonoperative management ...
Dharmenaan Palamuthusingam, Carmel M. Hawley, Elaine M. Pascoe, David Wayne Johnson, Palvannan Sivalingam, Simon T. Wood, Pranavan Palamuthusingam, Matthew D. Jose, Magid Fahim   +8 more
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