Long-term outcome in 445 patients after diagnosis of diverticular disease

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 464-468

  Moreno, A M ^a   Wille Jørgensen, Peer ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Follow up; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAPAROTOMY; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34248654368     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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