ALLMedicine™ Diverticular Disease Center

Mar 25th, 2023 - Rifaximin effectively treats symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD) and has shown eubiotic potential (i.e., an increase in resident microbial elements with potential beneficial effects) in other diseases. This study investigated cha...

Mar 10th, 2023 - To evaluate the ability of intestinal ultrasound in discriminating symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD) among patients with abdominal symptoms including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This observational, prospective study include...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - The progression to acute diverticulitis from the relatively benign condition of colonic diverticulosis is not well characterized. A smaller subset may even develop complicated (perforated) diverticulitis resulting in sepsis and/or death. Character...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - Colon diverticulosis (CD) is extremely common and the prevalence seems to increase globally. The prevalence of CD increases with age and two-thirds of the adult population eventually develop CD. In the US the prevalence of CD was 32.6 % in patient...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - Although uncommon, colovesical fistula creates significant morbidity, and many patients wait months to receive a correct diagnosis and treatment. Most cases are in older men who have diverticular disease, Crohn disease, cancer, or iatrogenic injur...

Jan 10th, 2019 - Colonic diverticular disease has been increasing in prevalence in Japan due to the rapidly aging population. Colonic diverticular bleeding can result in hemorrhagic shock requiring blood transfusion, and it carries a high risk of recurrence within...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - Colon diverticulosis (CD) is extremely common and the prevalence seems to increase globally. The prevalence of CD increases with age and two-thirds of the adult population eventually develop CD. In the US the prevalence of CD was 32.6 % in patient...

Feb 28th, 2023 - Upper gastrointestinal system (GIS) endoscopy is a common diagnostic or interventional procedure in cases such as foreign body ingestion, gastritis, peptic ulcer, esophagitis, esophageal variceal bleeding. Lower GIS endoscopy is a procedure perfor...

Jan 4th, 2023 - The prevalence of diverticular disease of sigmoid in the Western has increased over the past century and our know-how of this disease and its management continues to evolve. International experts have tried to standardize the surgical approach to ...

Dec 12th, 2022 - irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a well-known risk factor for diseases of the anal region (hemorrhoids, anal fissures, etc.) and large intestine (colon cancer, diverticular disease). Untreatable IBS disease not only impairs the patient's quality ...

Nov 15th, 2022 - The long-term objective of our research program is to show that targeted colonic delivery of natural specific fermentable carbohydrates will maintain and promote gut health by changing the gut microbiota [prebiotic effect], by increasing "protecti...

Nov 11th, 2022 - Patients hospitalized for substance use disorder (SUD) are significantly more likely to die from other medical conditions later in life, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at mortality following a diagnosis of 28 different medical conditions...

Oct 13th, 2022 - Patients with diverticular disease have a 33% increased risk of overall cancer, researchers have found, which is equivalent to one extra cancer case per 16 patients with diverticular disease followed for 10 years. "In the United States, over 60% o...

Dec 22nd, 2021 - GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U. S.

Nov 1st, 2021 - The differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in older patients is complicated by comorbid conditions such as infectious colitis, segmental colitis associated with diverticular disease, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced.

Jun 21st, 2021 - Severe complications at 5 years were no different for patients with perforated purulent diverticulitis who underwent laparoscopic peritoneal lavage or colon resection, according to data from 199 individuals treated at 21 hospitals in Norway and Sw.