Long-term outcome of mesocolic and pelvic diverticular abscesses of the left colon: A prospective study of 73 cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 787-791

  Ambrosetti, Patrick ^a   Chautems, Roland ^a   Soravia, Claudio ^a   Peiris Waser, Nyali ^a   Terrier, François ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute left sided colonic diverticulitis; CT scan; Mesocolic; Outcome; Pelvic abscess; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOCOLIC DIVERTICULAR ABSCESS; MESOCOLON; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIC DIVERTICULAR ABSCESS; PELVIS; PELVIS ABSCESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABSCESS; COLON DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19444365658     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0853-z     Document Type: Article

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