229 Uncomplicated Diverticulitis: A Proposed Diagnostic Algorithm
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The Wind of Change: Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
Among the wide spectrum of acute diverticulitis, uncomplicated diverticulitis (UD) is defined as a localized inflammation or phlegmon of colonic diverticula in the absence of complications such as abscess, perforation, fistula, obstruction, and bleeding. Acute diverticulitis calls for a differentiated approach to various stages of the disease process. According to guidelines from a related inte...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0007-1323,1365-2168
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab134.540