Current Recommendations on Diagnosis and Management of Right-Sided Diverticulitis

Dana A. Telem; Kerri E. Buch; Scott Q. Nguyen; Edward H. Chin; Kaare J. Weber; Celia M. Divino

doi:10.1155/2009/359485

Gastroenterology Research and Practice (Jan 2009)

Current Recommendations on Diagnosis and Management of Right-Sided Diverticulitis

Dana A. Telem,
Kerri E. Buch,
Scott Q. Nguyen,
Edward H. Chin,
Kaare J. Weber,
Celia M. Divino

Affiliations

Dana A. Telem: Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1259, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Kerri E. Buch: Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1259, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Scott Q. Nguyen: Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1259, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Edward H. Chin: Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1259, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Kaare J. Weber: Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1259, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Celia M. Divino: Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1259, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/359485
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2009

Abstract

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We present the case of a 52-year-old female with recurrent symptomatic ascending colon diverticulitis who ultimately underwent elective laparoscopic right hemicolectomy. The following is a case report and literature review pertaining to right colonic diverticular disease.

Published in Gastroenterology Research and Practice

ISSN: 1687-6121 (Print); 1687-630X (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/6480

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