[1] They prospectively evaluated outcomes of 121 consecutive patients with severe hematochezia and diverticulosis undergoing urgent colonoscopy. The study authors were able to identify a subset of ...

There is still controversy regarding the appropriate management of diverticulitis of the colon in cases when both surgical and conservative treatment may be an option. We performed a systematic ...

Diverticulitis is a condition of the colon that occurs when small bulges or sacs called diverticula that form in the wall of the large intestine become inflamed. Physicians divide the colon into ...

For many, this is how diverticulitis makes its presence known. It's a condition that can strike suddenly, turning seemingly ...

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 ...

Tell us, what is diverticulitis? How would a person know if they had that? Dr. Pickron: Well, diverticulitis is an infection of the colon. It usually comes from infected diverticula, which are little ...

Diverticulitis is an infectious inflammatory condition that occurs in a diverticula, a thinned-out portion of the colon. The condition is a form of colitis , an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...

Bowel resection can be done for many diseases that affect the colon, such as colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, or Crohn's disease. The goal of bowel resection is to take out the part of the colon or ...