A clinical and radiological comparison of sigmoid diverticulitis episodes 1 and 2

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-468

  Gervaz, P ^a   Platon, A ^a   Widmer, L ^a   Ambrosetti, P ^a   Poletti, P A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; CT scan; Diverticulitis; Outcome; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOCOLIC FISTULA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HARTMANN OPERATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857944087     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02642.x     Document Type: Article

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