Giant colonic diverticula: Review of diagnostic and therapeutic options

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Steenvoorde, P ^a   Vogelaar, F J ^a   Oskam, J ^a   Tollenaar, R A E M ^b  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Colectomy; Diverticulosis; Giant colonic diverticula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIVERTICULECTOMY; GIANT COLONIC DIVERTICULA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERFORATION; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; COLOSTOMY; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842830108     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074833     Document Type: Article

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