Nonoperative management of right colonic diverticulitis using radiologic evaluation

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-108

  Park, H C ^a   Chang, M Y ^a   Lee, B H ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nonoperative management; Right colonic diverticulitis; Uncomplicated diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CEPHALOSPORINS; COLON, ASCENDING; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954356941     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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