Long-term severe complications were similar with laparoscopic lavage and primary resection in perforated purulent diverticulitis patients, researchers reported, although recurrence was more frequent ...

Forty patients were treated with the conventional Hartmann approach (resection plus a diverting colostomy) and 43 patients were managed by laparoscopy and peritoneal lavage. Patients in the lavage ...

At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these patients will ever experience diverticulitis. So, what’s the difference, and how ...

The condition is very common in the U.S. and doesn't always need surgery. On Monday, the office of Senator John McCain released a statement saying he was admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, ...

THE morbidity associated with the surgical treatment of diverticulitis remains high. In the experience of the Lahey Clinic some complication has developed in 30 per cent of the patients with ...

Diverticulitis is a condition that occurs when tiny pockets (called diverticula) that have formed in the colon (part of your large intestine) become inflamed. Diverticulitis starts as diverticulosis, ...

The prevalence of colonic diverticulosis appears to be increasing throughout the world, probably because of changes in lifestyle.1 It is common in developed countries and is slightly more common in ...

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With the news yesterday former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was suffering from a second bout with diverticulitis, it's time to explore what the condition is, what causes it and what it all ...