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Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticular Disease
2019Diverticular disease affects one in three people over the age of 60 in Western countries and the incidence appears to be increasing. Up to a quarter of these patients will develop diverticulitis. Most cases of diverticulitis are uncomplicated and respond to conservative medical therapy but complications such as free perforation, abscess or fistula may ...
Tim W. Eglinton, Frank A. Frizelle
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Bladder disturbances in diseases of the sigmoid
The American Journal of Surgery, 1940Abstract Cases of diverticulitis and malignant disease of the sigmoid admitted to the Carney Hospital over a ten-year period are reviewed. The high incidence of vesical disturbances is emphasized. The frequency of such disturbances is shown to be greater in diverticulitis than in malignant disease.
C.J.E. Kickham, T.F.P. Lyons
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Sigmoid-appendiceal fistula in diverticular disease.
Diagnostic imaging in clinical medicine, 1984Sigmoid-appendiceal fistulae are unusual. A case in which such a fistula occurred secondary to diverticulitis is reported.
E, Libson +4 more
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[Ileocecal Crohn disease with sigmoid involvement].
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 1986This report concerns 14 patients with Morbus Crohn and inflammatory conglomerat tumors between ileo-coecum and sigma. In the case of primary affliction of the ileo-coecum and secondary involvement of the sigma (group A), it is generally sufficient to perform an ileo-coecal resection and suture over the sigma, if a fistula is present.
H, Thiele, D, Lorenz
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[Sigmoid diverticular diseases: surgical treatment].
Annales de gastroenterologie et d'hepatologie, 1992From 1966 to 1990, 226 consecutive patients were operated on electively for diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon. The indications for surgery were colovesical fistula or suspicion of residual abscess, existence of two or more previous attacks of acute inflammation, existence of chronic symptoms and suspicion of colonic carcinoma. Colonic resection
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Laparoscopic Colectomy vs. Open Colectomy For Sigmoid Diverticular Disease
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 2002The feasibility of laparoscopic colectomy for colon surgery has now been well established. Most of the studies on laparoscopic colectomies include all types of colonic pathologies without discrimination. Our goal was to compare laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy open sigmoid colectomy for simple sigmoid diverticular disease, to assess whether it can be ...
Amit, Dwivedi +6 more
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Hirschsprung's Disease Presenting as Sigmoid Volvulus in a Newborn
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1997This report describes a 1-day-old term boy with sigmoid volvulus secondary to Hirschsprung's disease. The presentation and treatment are outlined.
K S, Venugopal, D T, Wilcox, J, Bruce
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THE SIGMOID INCISION FOR PALMAR DUPUYTREN'S DISEASE
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1999A M, Richards, R A, McDowall
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[Vaginal-sigmoid fistula caused by diverticular disease].
Minerva ginecologica, 1998A case of a 66 years old patient suffering from a sigmoido-vaginal fistula and diverticulosis, previously treated with a total laparohysterectomy, is reported. Retrograde studies demonstrated the presence of fistula, whereas colonoscopy and barium enema failed.
M V, Vitale, F, Cervo, F, Barbieri
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[Diverticulosis and Crohn's disease of the sigmoid].
Annales de chirurgie, 1992Crohn's disease and diverticulitis of the sigmoid may be combined in old patients, this association could lead to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. Three cases of Crohn's colitis associated with diverticula, two females and one male, aged between 66 and 80 years are reported by the authors.
A, Naouri, J, Maroun, E, Tissot
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