Open AccessA Prospective Study of Acute Admissions in a Surgical Unit due to Diverticular Disease
Author(s) -
S.K.P. John,
N.B. Teo,
Adrian Forster
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
digestive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1421-9983
pISSN - 0253-4886
DOI - 10.1159/000102897
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticular disease , diverticulitis , prospective cohort study , diverticulosis , surgery , disease , incidence (geometry) , emergency department , psychiatry , physics , optics
Considerable controversy exists in the surgical literature on the most appropriate treatment modality for patients with recurrent diverticular disease. We aim to assess the clinical outcome of acute surgical admissions with diverticular disease, and in particular patients with recurrent admissions.
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