diverticulitis
Experts Tackle Pressing Questions on Diverticulitis Management
As the third most common gastrointestinal disease in the United States, diverticular disease is an everyday part of ...
APRIL 28, 2025
Robotic Approach to Diverticulitis: What Are The Advantages?
Colorectal surgeon, Jamie Cannon, MD, speaks with Dr. Rick Greene at SAGES 2024 about what she sees as the ...
AUGUST 9, 2024
Black Patients Less Likely Than Whites to Have Surgery for Diverticulitis
A new study, presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, has identified racial ...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Appendicitis and Diverticulitis: Blending Clinical Evidence and Shared Decision Making
Results from recent trials have changed surgical management of appendicitis and diverticulitis. The key ...
JUNE 21, 2023
Microbiome Differs in Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
TAMPA, FLA.—The microbiome of complicated diverticulitis is defined by different bacterial species and ...
AUGUST 1, 2022
A Patient With Recurrent Diverticulitis
A 44-year-old man presented to the hospital approximately eight months before with severe left lower quadrant pain. ...
JULY 1, 2022
Surgery for Diverticulitis: Who, When and How Still Up for Debate
Colorectal surgeons at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons recommended a ...
AUGUST 25, 2021
Busting Myths About Diverticulitis Management
Should patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis be prescribed antibiotics? What is the role of colonoscopy after ...
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Medicaid Expansion Drove Diverticulitis-Related Admissions
Cleveland—The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion was associated with a notable rise in the number ...
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
New Diverticulitis Recommendations a ‘Major Paradigm Shift’
In late June, a group of surgeons from the United States and Europe published a comprehensive set of ...
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Operate or Wait After A Single Episode of Complicated Diverticulitis?
This month’s debate is the fourth in our series of surgeon-on-surgeon duels. So far, I have heard nothing but ...
JUNE 29, 2018
Surgery for Diverticulitis Confers Higher Hernia Risk Than Colorectal Cancer
A new Canadian study has found that patients with diverticulitis are more likely to develop incisional hernias ...
JANUARY 23, 2018