Empiric antibiotic therapy and anti-inflammatory treatment (local and systemic) showed no clinical benefit. An abdominal CT scan revealed minimal edema of the transverse, descending and sigmoid colon.

In severe cases, it can lead to a perforation in the colon or life threatening sepsis. One study compared the hospitalization burdens of individuals with diverticulitis and either Crohn’s ...

Legend: Site = site of the pain; WBC = white blood cell count prior to surgery; EA = Epiploic appendagitis; RLQ = right lower quadrant; LLQ = left lower quadrant; NPF = no pathological finding; n ...

How you feel after your bowel (colon) cancer operation depends on what type of surgery you have. After a big operation, you might wake up in the intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency unit (HDU) ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine nearest ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

A. Diverticulosis references the diverticula, or small bulging pouches that develop over time in the colon. Diverticulitis is what we call it when these pouches become inflamed, which can lead to ...

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