Role of colonoscopy in patients with persistent acute diverticulitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2763-2766

  Lahat, Adi ^a   Yanai, Henit ^a   Sakhnini, Emad ^a   Menachem, Yoram ^a   Bar Meir, Simon ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical course; Early colono scopy; Persistent acute diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 49649106515     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.2763     Document Type: Article

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