Conservative approach is feasible in the management of acute diverticulitis of the right colon

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 634-636

  Chiu, Philip W Y ^a   Lam, Clement Y W ^a   Chow, Tam Lin ^a   Kwok, Samuel P Y ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Right colon; Treatment strategy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035165835     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2001.2226.x     Document Type: Article

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