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Diverticulitis - The earliest pathologic description of chronic diverticular disease traditionally has been attributed to Cruveilhier in 1846. However, an earlier description in an editorial comment by Sir Erasmus Wilson (1840) can be found. Other 19th century surgeons and pathologists have also made occasional references to the condition. In 1907, Mayo and associates defined the role of surgery ...

There is still a good deal of confusion about diverticulosis, especially when it comes to the components of a good diet.

Most people have in their colons small pouches that bulge outward through weak spots, like an inner tube that pokes through weak places in a tire. Each pouch is called a diverticulum.

Information about the causes, risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of diverticulitis and other diverticular diseases.

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SSAT PATIENT CARE GUIDELINES 2000 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF DIVERTICULITIS INTRODUCTION Colonic diverticulosis, which is among the most common diseases of Western civilization, is the result of a low-fiber diet. In the United States, approximately one-third of the population will develop diverticulosis by age 50 years and approximately two-thirds by age 80 years. Acute bowel inflammation resulting ...

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GASTROENTEROLOGY FERNANDO DE SOUZA AFONSO Medstudents' Homepage Diverticulitis of the Colon Definition Colonic diverticuli are mucosal outpouchings that usually appear with aging(50% of people beyond 60 will develop it), mainly in the left colon, leading to what we call diverticular disease. Formerly, this condition was largely misanderstood, since only the inflamation of these structures were ...

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