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Complicated appendicular diverticulitis

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2022
Appendiceal diverticulitis, a frequently underdiagnosed entity, differs from typical appendicitis by the presence of an inflamed appendiceal diverticulum.
Zachary J. Drew, Sriya Chakrabarty, Raghvendra Malghan   +2 more
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Ileal Diverticulitis

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2023
Teaching Point: Terminal ileal diverticulitis is an uncommon cause of right lower abdominal pain.
Kelly Di Dier, Stephen Van Meerbeeck
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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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Congenital cecal diverticulitis in a pediatric patient

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021
Diverticulitis in the pediatric population is a very rare cause of abdominal pain. When present in the cecum or ascending colon, it is often incorrectly diagnosed preoperatively as acute appendicitis.
Zachary W. Lee, Eric A. Albright, Brandon P. Brown, Troy A. Markel   +3 more
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Hartmann's Procedure or Primary Anastomosis? [PDF]

, 2012
Perforation following acute diverticulitis is a typical scenario during the first attack. Different classification systems exist to classify acute perforated diverticulitis.
Bretagnol F, Champman JR, Mario H. Mueller, Martin E. Kreis, Mueller MH, Schilling MK, White SI, Wolfgang H. Thasler   +7 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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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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The Surgical Infection Society revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Previous evidence-based guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection (IAI) were published by the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) in 1992, 2002, and 2010. At the time the most recent guideline was released, the plan was to update
Chang, Phillip K, Diaz, Jose J, Jr, Huston, Jared M, May, Addison K, Mazuski, John E, Mollen, Kevin P, Nadler, Evan P, O\u27Neill, Patrick J, Prince, Jose M, Rosengart, Matthew R, Sawyer, Robert G, Tessier, Jeffrey M   +11 more
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First Successful Regeneration of a Structurally Native‐Like Colon Using a Bioabsorbable Polymer Sheet

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study demonstrated that a bioabsorbable polymer sheet (BAPS) can regenerate approximately half the circumference of the colon with native‐like structure and function in an experimental setting. As the model involved immediate closure after perforation and did not reproduce peritonitis, caution is required when considering clinical applicability ...
Junpei Takashima, Mitsuo Miyazawa, Masayasu Aikawa, Daisuke Fujimoto, Hirotoshi Kobayashi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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