Diagnosis and treatment of chronic and recurrent diverticulitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Frattini, Jared ^a   Longo, Walter E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecal diverticulitis; Chronic diverticulitis; Recurrent diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PHLEGMON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; VIRULENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33746850095     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225507.52300.b9     Document Type: Review

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