Diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon: A comparison of CT, colonic enema and laparoscopy

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 313-319

  Stefansson, Tryggvi ^a,b   Nyman, R ^a   Nilsson, S ^a   Ekbom, A ^a   Pahlman L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Comparative investigation; CT; Diverticulitis; Enema; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CYSTS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALPINGITIS; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031090272     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841859709172071     Document Type: Article

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