Colonoscopy following nonoperative management of uncomplicated diverticulitis may not be warranted

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1259-1264

  Brar, Mantaj S ^a   Roxin, George ^a   Yaffe, Paul B ^b   Stanger, Jennifer ^a   MacLean, Anthony R ^a   Buie, W Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer.; Diverticulitis; Endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS ABSCESS; POLYP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR INVASION; URBAN AREA;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84888329126     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182a26bfd     Document Type: Article

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