Acute diverticulitis in younger patients: Any rationale for a different approach?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Faria, Gil R ^a,b   Almeida, Ana B ^a   Moreira, Herculano ^a,b   Pinto de Sousa, João ^a,b   Correia da Silva, Pedro ^a,c   Pimenta, Amadeu P ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Age factors; Recurrence; Severity; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 79955770598     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i2.207     Document Type: Article

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