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May 7th, 2022 - Frailty has been associated with greater postoperative morbidity and mortality but its impact has not been investigated in patients with diverticulitis undergoing elective colon resection. Therefore, the present study examined the association of f...

May 4th, 2022 - While left-sided colonic diverticular disease is common in Western Caucasian populations, right-sided colonic disease (RCD) is rare. The present study aimed to determine the rate of RCD and to identify the symptoms, clinical features, treatment, a...

May 4th, 2022 - Chronic gastrointestinal disorders (including autoimmune gastritis, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and diverticular disease) are highly prevalent disorders, that may be associated with unpredictable, life-threatening complications, su...

Apr 29th, 2022 - Non-Meckel Small Intestine Diverticular Disease-Current Perspective.|2022|Abramov R,Neymark M,Dronov M,Gilshtein H,|

Apr 29th, 2022 - Diverticular disease is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases that require hospital admission. This study aims to identify trends in prior hospital admissions for patients that ultimately require a Hartmann's procedure for complicated d...

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 15th, 2022 - 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, 2022 - Research question/objective of the study It is assumed that the application of the Damage Control Strategy (DCS) in patients with perforated diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon with generalized peritonitis leads to a reduction of the stoma rate wi...

Jul 14th, 2021 - Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of gallstone disease. There is no systematic review on CGI. We analyze published literature on the subject and plan to propose a diagnostic-therapeutic algorithm for CGI. Following the Preferred Reporting Ite...

Sep 3rd, 2020 - From January 2010 to December 2015, data from patients requiring an elective left colectomy for benign or malignant indication were collected prospectively in our colorectal surgery database. According to our exclusion criterial patients were retr...

Aug 13th, 2020 - 1.0 BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES The investigators aim to prophylactically clip all colonic diverticula in patients who have experienced at least 1 episode of diverticular bleeding requiring hospitalization, but without definitive procedure (i.e., to...

Jan 21st, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I'm Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Welcome back to another GI Common Concerns. I wanted to chat wit...

Nov 25th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An update to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) guideline on diverticular disease suggests that surgery may not be needed in many cases, while a study of laparoscopic resection shows that quality ...

Jul 29th, 2020 - In July 2020, the European Society of Coloproctology published their recommendations for the management of diverticular disease of the colon.[1] Risk Factors for Diverticular Disease and Its Complications Risk factors for the development of divert...

Jul 29th, 2020 - In July 2020, the European Society of Coloproctology published their recommendations for the management of diverticular disease of the colon.[1] Risk Factors for Diverticular Disease and Its Complications Risk factors for the development of divert...

Jul 1st, 2020 - Diverticular disease (diverticulosis and diverticulitis) is a general term that references the presence of diverticula, small pouches in the large intestinal (colonic) wall. These outpouchings arise when the inner layers of the colon push through ...