Prospective, five-year follow-up study of patients with symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1460-1464

  Salem, Tarek A ^a   Molloy, Richard G ^b   O'Dwyer, Patrick J ^c  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diverticular disease; Prospective, long term follow up; Symptomatic; Uncomplicated

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER PATIENT; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; ENEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34748877261     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0226-5     Document Type: Article

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