Routine colonoscopy is not required in uncomplicated diverticulitis: A systematic review

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2039-2047

  De Vries, H S ^a,b   Boerma, D ^a   Timmer, R ^a   Van Ramshorst, B ^a   Dieleman, L A ^c   Van Westreenen, H L ^a,d  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Diverticulitis; Systematic review; Uncomplicated diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE UNCOMPLICATED DIVERTICULITIS; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPLASTIC POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOMA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84903604584     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3447-4     Document Type: Article

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