Is early colonoscopy beneficial in patients with CT-diagnosed diverticulitis?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1269-1274

  Elmi, Azadeh ^a   Hedgire, Sandeep S ^a   Pargaonkar, Vivek ^a   Cao, Kai ^a   McDermott, Shaunagh ^a   Harisinghani, Mukesh ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; CT; Diverticular disease; Diverticulitis; Endoscopy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON FISTULA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DIVERTICULITIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYP; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880934520     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9539     Document Type: Article

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