Diverticular disease is a common cause of acute abdominal events requiring hospitalization and IV antibiotics. Elective sigmoid resection usually is recommended after a recurrent uncomplicated ...
We present three lung transplant recipients who had sigmoid colonic diverticular perforation within 4 weeks of transplantation, giving an overall incidence of 8.6% (3 of 35) in our population.
Sigmoid diverticulitis: 1Diagnostic role of CT-Comparison with barium enema studies. Radiology 1990; 176: 111–5. MEDLINE e10. Neff CC, van Sonnenberg E, Casola G et al.: Diverticular abscesses ...
Though the colon averages 5 ft. in length, the vast majority of diverticula are found in its last 15 inches, known as the sigmoid colon be cause it bends in an S shape from the lower end of the ...
Over time, this can lead to the formation of diverticula, most often in the lower part of the colon known as the sigmoid colon. Other factors can contribute to diverticulosis, including a family ...