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Operative Surgery Is Rarely Required in the Acute Management of Diverticulitis in the Modern Era
, 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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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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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 +4 more
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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 +3 more
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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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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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Colonoscopy after Diverticulitis
, 2022 Patients suffering from diverticulitis are at increased risk for colorectal cancer and should undergo colonoscopy to rule out colorectal cancer. The prevalence of colorectal cancer in this population was estimated to range between 1.9 and 2.3%.
Frédéric Ris +3 more
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, 2012 A fistula is an atypical connection between two epithelial surfaces, in the case of an enterovesical fistula between the urinary and gastrointestinal systems. These may be the result of a number of causes including: 1.
Lauretta Agius, Daniele +1 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 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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Recurrent diverticulitis after elective surgery
, 2022 Purpose: Elective sigmoid resection is proposed as a treatment for symptomatic diverticular disease for the possible improvement in quality of life achievable.
Andrea C. +6 more
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