Long-term risk of acute diverticulitis among patients with incidental diverticulosis found during colonoscopy.
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...Recent evidence suggests that lifetime risk of developing acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) is only about 4% among patients with diverticulosis [90]....
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...Recent evidence suggests that lifetime risk of developing acute left sided colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) is only about 4 % among patients with diverticulosis [6]....
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...Nguyen GC, Sam J, Anand N. Epidemiological trends and geographic variation in hospital admissions for diverticulitis in the United States....
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...4 billion in direct costs annually in the United States.(1,9,10) The incidence of diverticular complications is increasing, and the number of patients affected by diverticular disease will continue to increase as the population ages....
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...The prevalence of diverticulosis increases with age, affecting approximately 70% of individuals aged 80 years or older in the United States.1,2 Patients with diverticulosis may experience acute complications, including diverticulitis, peritonitis, obstruction, fistulization, or abscess formation,5–7 and chronic complications including a picture resembling irritable bowel syndrome.8 When a complication of diverticulosis occurs, it is broadly termed diverticular disease.7 Diverticular disease accounts for more than 300,000 hospital admissions, 1.5 million inpatient care days, and $2.4 billion in direct costs annually in the United States.1,9,10 The incidence of diverticular complications is increasing, and the number of patients affected by diverticular disease will continue to increase as the population ages.11 These epidemiologic trends are familiar to any endoscopist who performs colon cancer screening because diverticulosis is the most commonly reported lesion found on routine colonoscopy.1 Despite this growingburdenofdisease, there are few studies that evaluate the natural history of colonic diverticulosis....
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