Acute Diverticulitis
A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis
... of acute sigmoid diverticulitis has evolved ...(when acute renal failure is not present) and at least two phases (without contrast and portal ven- ous ...of diverticulitis; the grade of se- ...
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Inflammation management in acute diverticulitis: current perspectives
... in acute uncomplicated ...of acute diverticulitis were randomized to either observation alone or antibiotic treatment according to a well-defined ...
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of outpatient treatment for acute diverticulitis
... [1]. Acute diverticulitis, the inflammatory complication of diverticular disease, accounts for approximately ...with diverticulitis present with complicated disease (ab- scess, perforation, ...
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A multicenter randomized clinical trial investigating the cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies with or without antibiotics for uncomplicated acute diverticulitis (DIABOLO trial)
... mild diverticulitis usually includes careful observation, restriction of oral intake, administration of intravenous fluids, and most patients receive antibiotic ...mild diverticulitis improve with these ...
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National complicated acute diverticulitis (CADS) study: a protocol for a prospective observational scoping study for acute diverticulitis
... Method: A Unit policy questionnaire will be completed by the principal investigator from all participating centres prior to study initiation. All patients aged above 18 years admitted with clinical suspicion of ...
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Treatment of acute diverticulitis laparoscopic lavage vs resection (DILALA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Discussion: HP is associated with a high rate of complication. Not only does the primary operation entail complications, but also subsequent surgery is associated with a high morbidity. Thus the combined risk of ...
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Acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis: clinical expressions, therapeutic insights, and role of computed tomography
... Consequently, CT scan has to be completely descriptive, taking into consideration the details of all the signs that might play a role in the evaluation of acute diverticulitis. The punctilious analysis of ...
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Index C-reactive protein predicts increased severity in acute sigmoid diverticulitis
... Purpose: Conservative management is successful in unperforated (Hinchey Ia) acute diverticulitis (AD) and also generally in local perforation or small abscesses (Hinchey Ib). A higher degree of radiological ...
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WSES Guidelines for the management of acute left sided colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting
... uncomplicated acute diverticulitis and can reduces the costs without negatively influencing the quality of life of these ...with acute uncomplicated ...
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Sigmoid diverticulitis: US findings
... uncomplicated diverticulitis is ...of diverticulitis who present with relatively mild clini- cal symptoms of recurrent ...of acute abdomen and an underlying carcinoma (Figure 1) ...
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A historical review of surgery for peritonitis secondary to acute colonic diverticulitis: from Lockhart-Mummery to evidence-based medicine
... The three-stage procedure was the standard treatment of acute diverticulitis until the late 1940 ’ s. “ Palliative ” treatment, consisting of formation of a colostomy alone, without subsequent resection, ...
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Contemporary review of risk stratified management in acute uncomplicated and complicated diverticulitis
... Simple acute diverticulitis is in the majority of cases a self-limiting ...uncomplicated acute diverticulitis is not adequately ...uncomplicated diverticulitis demonstrate that these ...
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Position paper: management of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis
... routine colonoscopy has recently been questioned [69]. Colonoscopy is a time-consuming and a resource burden on an already-stretched health care system. In addition, endoscopy may be technically more difficult in these ...
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New and emerging treatments for the prevention of recurrent diverticulitis
... times the degree of inflammation in the left lower quadrant may be significant. Perioperative ureteric stenting should be considered in such cases. If an inflammatory phlegmon is encountered it is possible to identify ...
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Efficacy, safety, and applicability of outpatient treatment for diverticulitis
... of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis is feasible and safe, and which patients could benefit from outpatient ...recurrent diverticulitis, complicated diverticulitis (Hinchey stages 2–4), and ...
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Diverticulitis: a comprehensive review with usual and unusual complications
... with diverticulitis is rare; however, partial obstruction secondary to wall edema and peripheral inflammation or abscess formation may ...of acute diverticulitis is an obstructive malignant mass in ...
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Factors Associated with the Recurrence of Complicated Diverticular Disease
... to classify the active consumers into groups based on the quantity, duration or the type of spirit consumed due to lack of data from the case files. It was noted that alcohol by itself posed no increase in the risk of ...
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Laparoscopic lavage versus resection in perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
... Results of the present meta-analysis do not show significant differences in term of mortality during the index admission and during the follow up in patients with purulent peritonitis from acute ...
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Damage control surgery for perforated diverticulitis with diffuse peritonitis: saves lives and reduces ostomy
... perforated diverticulitis are so far ...(19%) acute diverticu- litis; they recorded a secondary bowel restoration rate of 83% with a 24% of loop ileostomy ...
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CT findings of misleading features of colonic diverticulitis
... that consists of inflammatory and ischaemic changes related to torsion or spontaneous venous thrombosis of one the epiploic appendices. Clinically, it is most often mistaken for CD. The two conditions are largely ...
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