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Sex differences in risk factors of uncomplicated colonic diverticulosis in a metropolitan area from Northern China

, 2018
As the world’s most populated and rapidly aging country, there is limited information on sex-related differences in factors regarding uncomplicated colonic diverticulosis in China.
Xihui Jiang, Lin Lin, Jingwen Zhao, Ya Wang, Chao Sun, Fang Yang, Yanmin Zheng, Kui Jiang, Jie Zhang, Houning Lv, Bangmao Wang, Zhengyan Su   +11 more
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Hypertension control and risk of colonic diverticulosis

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 2019
Background: The prevalence of diverticulosis has increased in our aging population, but the risk factors for diverticulosis are not fully understood. The role of hypertension in the risk of diverticulosis remains uncertain.
Li-Xian Yeo, Tzu-Hsiang Tseng, Wei-Liang Chen, Tung-Wei Kao, Li-Wei Wu, Wen-Hui Fang, Yaw-Wen Chang, Tao-Chun Peng   +7 more
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Risk factors associated with colonic diverticulosis among patients from a defined geographic area

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Only a few data regarding colonic diverticulosis are available in Italy. We examined the frequency of colonic diverticulosis and its associations with risk factors in a homogeneous Northern Sardinian population undergoing colonoscopy for any
PES, Giovanni Mario, Rocchi C, Bassotti G., Loria MF, Marras G, DORE, Maria Pina, Soro S   +6 more
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DIVERTICULO COLICO GIGANTE: MANIFESTACION INFRECUENTE DE UNA ENFERMEDAD MUY FRECUENTE

Revista Chilena de Radiología, 2006
Una complicación infrecuente de la diverticulosis del colon es el divertículo cólico gigante. Esta patología fue descrita inicialmente en la literatura francesa en 1946 y en la inglesa en 1953.
Claudio Cortés A, Cristián Varela U, Ricardo Ubilla G, Marcela Gallegos A   +3 more
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Transverse Colon Diverticulitis with Calcified Fecalith

Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019
Left colonic diverticula are common in Western populations, whereas right colonic diverticulosis primarily occurs in Oriental populations. Diverticulitis of the transverse colon is very rare, with very few cases reported in the literature.
Aynur Solak, Ilhami Solak, Berhan Genç, Neslin Sahin, Seyhan Yalaz   +4 more
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Gut microbiome structure and function in asymptomatic diverticulosis

Genome Medicine
Background Colonic diverticulosis, the most common lesion found in routine colonoscopy, affects more than 50% of individuals aged ≥ 60 years. Emerging evidence suggest that dysbiosis of gut microbiota may play an important role in the pathophysiology of ...
Xinwei Hua, Jessica McGoldrick, Nour Nakrour, Kyle Staller, Daniel Chulyong Chung, Ramnik Joseph Xavier, Hamed Khalili   +6 more
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Lower prevalence of diverticulosis in patients with ulcerative colitis.

, 2007
Colonic diverticulosis is characterized by abnormal thickening of the bowel wall, associated with luminal overpressure and increase of sigmoid contractility.
A. Rispo, CASTIGLIONE, FABIANA, A. Compagna, E. D. Girolamo, A. Cozzolino, R. Grassia, L. Pasquale, G. D. De, M. R. Chierchia   +8 more
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Relevance of Segmental Colitis with Diverticulosis (SCAD) to Other Forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009
A well localized inflammatory process involving only the sigmoid colonic segment associated with diverticulosis (SCAD), has become increasingly recognized as a distinct clinical and pathological disorder, usually described in older adults, often with ...
Hugh J Freeman
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Right‐sided diverticulitis

Clinical Case Reports, 2019
Right‐sided diverticulitis is uncommon in Western populations with few to zero reports on endoscopic correlations. Although ultrasound or imaging studies typically detect advanced forms to be differentiated from acute appendicitis and/or Crohn’s disease,
Vincent Zimmer
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Predictors of incomplete optical colonoscopy using computed tomographic colonography

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016
Background/Aims: Optical colonoscopy (OC) is the primary modality for investigation of colonic pathology. Although there is data on demographic factors for incomplete OC, paucity of data exists for anatomic variables that are associated with an ...
Reetika Sachdeva, Salina D Tsai, Mohamad H El Zein, Alan A Tieu, Ahmed Abdelgelil, Sepideh Besharati, Mouen A Khashab, Anthony N Kalloo, Vivek Kumbhari   +8 more
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