Clinical outcomes of complicated diverticulitis managed nonoperatively

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 969-974

  Nelson, R Scott ^a   Ewing, B Mark ^b   Wengert, Timothy J ^c   Thorson, Alan G ^d  

^a Department of General Surgery   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d Department of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated; Diverticulitis; Natural history; Operative management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449094182     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.07.035     Document Type: Article

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