Dr Grant replies: Often during a camera test into the colon (known as a colonoscopy ... pain and possibly complications such as diverticular abscess, fistula formation, bowel obstruction or ...

We included original studies that reported comparative data for at least one outcome in medically- and surgically-treated patients with transverse or left colon diverticulitis. We excluded studies ...

Presented at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston, May 25, 1943. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

The scan also showed obstruction of the colon due to a large gallstone impacted just proximal to a stricture in the sigmoid. Owing to inflammatory adhesions and a stricture from extensive diverticular ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...

Getting regular checkups and colon cancer screening is the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society both recommend that people ...

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In the cases of transverse-colon perforations with abscess formation, ileosigmoidostomy has been accomplished in an end-to-side fashion, completely defunctioning most of the colon. Fistulas ...