Symptoms of diverticulitis typically include sudden lower abdominal pain often on the left side. Some patients also ...

Finally, the proportion of patients treated by different surgical techniques varied between the studies. Conclusively, current medical and surgical therapy of acute diverticulitis is effective for ...

In some cases, it may cause mild abdominal discomfort. But generally, “patients would not know that they have diverticulosis,” Andrawes says. Once it advances to diverticulitis, however ...

Last week a patient came to see me looking very unwell. Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis, she was understandably anxious to learn how to ward off further ...

Nevertheless, conflicting data have been reported in the last two decades regarding the incidence and natural history of diverticulitis in young patients. While earlier studies found that only 2 ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among patients with recurrent diverticulitis, surgery may offer a viable option to ...

In patients with recurring, persistent painful, or complicated diverticulitis, early surgery prevented recurrences but did not significantly improve quality of life (QOL) compared with ...

Donald Trump’s medical report reveals treatment for diverticulosis, cataracts surgery, and well-managed high cholesterol.

conducted a retrospective analysis of 311 patients who were conservatively treated for acute diverticulitis between January 2000 and June 2002. The researchers found that antibiotics are not ...

Four-year results found diverticulitis recurred in 16% of the surgery group versus 92% of the those who received conservative treatment. In patients who opted for surgery later, the major ...