Sigmoid Diverticulitis in Young Patients-A More Aggressive Disease than in Older Patients?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-674

  Ritz, Jörg Peter ^a   Lehmann, Kai S ^a   Stroux, Andrea ^a   Buhr, Heinz J ^a   Holmer, Christoph ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Age; Emergency surgery; Free perforation; Severe diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953097061     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1457-2     Document Type: Article

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