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Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: Diverticulosis affects a significant portion of the elderly population, with age and lifestyle being established risk factors. Additionally, genetic predisposition is gaining recognition as a contributing factor.
Piotr Nehring +3 more
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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: Diverticular disease of the colon has a wide geographic variation and is a very common cause of hospital visits and admissions in the west.
Shabir Ahmad Shiekh +7 more
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Vegetarianism as a protective factor for asymptomatic colonic diverticulosis in Asians: a retrospective cross-sectional and case-control study [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2020 Background/Aims Dietary fiber intake is considered a protective factor for diverticular disease such as diverticulitis. However, evidence for an inverse connection between dietary fiber consumption and asymptomatic colonic diverticulosis is lacking ...
Jihun Bong +9 more
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The Clinical Relevance of the Rectosigmoid Brake in Surgical Disorders and Therapies: A Systematic Review of Colonic Manometry Studies. [PDF]
Neurogastroenterol MotilColonic motility mapping reveals a meal‐induced rectosigmoid brake in healthy individuals that is disrupted, disorganized, or exaggerated following surgery and in motility disorders. These alterations underlie conditions such as ileus, pseudo‐obstruction, and fecal incontinence, and may be modulated by sacral neuromodulation.
Penfold JA +3 more
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Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Colon Diverticulosis
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019 Backgrounds/Aims: The etiology of colon diverticulosis is related to a range of genetic, biological, and environmental factors, but the risk factors for asymptomatic diverticulosis of the colon are unclear.
Hyun Jin Bae +7 more
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The correlation between diverticulosis and redundant colon [PDF]
, 2017 Background Diverticulosis and redundant colon are colonic conditions for which underlying pathophysiology, management and prevention are poorly understood. Historical papers suggest an inverse relationship between these two conditions.
Gunnarsson, Ronny +5 more
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Association between serum uric acid levels and colonic diverticulosis in terms of sex.
PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundThe association between elevated serum uric acid (UA) levels and the risk of developing colonic diverticulosis has not yet been investigated.
Je-Ming Hu +7 more
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Perforation of Jejunal Diverticula in COVID-19 Positive Patients: A Case Series [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Jejunal diverticulosis is the herniation of mucosa through weakened wall of jejunum on the mesenteric border. Individuals are usually asymptomatic for most of their lives and are diagnosed incidentally by radiological investigations or during surgery ...
Pushkar Galam +3 more
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Colonic Diverticulosis and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Is There a Connection?
Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: The development and severity of colonic diverticulosis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been associated with several components of metabolic syndrome (MetS).
Ivana Pantic +4 more
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Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019 Introduction. Shared by certain epidemiological and etiological characteristics, diverticulosis and colorectal cancer (CRC) as well as colonic polyps has long been linked.
Fadi Abu Baker +6 more
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