The role of ultrasound in the diagnosis, management and evolutive prognosis of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis: A review of 208 patients

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2587-2595

  Ripollés, Tomás ^a   Agramunt, Marcos ^a   Martínez, Mara Jesús ^a   Costa, Salvador ^a   Gómez Abril, Segundo A ^a   Richart, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Left sided colonic diverticulitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346773102     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1861-4     Document Type: Review

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