THE morbidity associated with the surgical treatment of diverticulitis remains high. In the experience of the Lahey Clinic some complication has developed in 30 per cent of the patients with ...

Elective laparoscopic sigmoid resection improves quality of life and decreases the risk of recurrence of diverticulitis compared with conservative treatment, according to 2-year follow-up results from ...

Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical ...

THE purpose of this paper is to advocate a more aggressive attitude toward the surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, which in the past has usually been withheld until after complications ...

Long-term severe complications were similar with laparoscopic lavage and primary resection in perforated purulent diverticulitis patients, researchers reported, although recurrence was more frequent ...

Diverticular disease, a condition characterised by the formation of small pouches (diverticula) in the colon wall, poses significant clinical challenges worldwide. Although often asymptomatic, ...

The colon, or large intestine, is where fibers and digested food are turned into stools. It has numerous sections, including the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, ...

Diverticulosis involves small sacs in the colon lining, often without symptoms. Diverticulitis occurs when these sacs become inflamed or infected, causing pain and other symptoms. Diverticular disease ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

If you’ve had stomach pain for a while and see blood when you poop, you might have ulcerative colitis (UC) or diverticulitis. The two conditions are different, but some of their symptoms can be the ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...