Modern concepts in diverticular disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 358-369

  Collins, Danielle ^a   Winter, Des C ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

diverticular disease; diverticulitis; diverticulosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COLONOSCOPY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HARTMANN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUT; PERITONITIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT INDICATION; DIVERTICULUM; INTESTINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTOR;

DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULUM; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84928527068     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000308     Document Type: Review

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