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Acute Diverticulitis

Acute Diverticulitis is a clinical condition characterized by the sudden inflammation or infection of diverticula—pouch-like protrusions in the colonic wall—distinguished from chronic or asymptomatic diverticular disease by the presence of acute abdominal pain, fever, and localized peritoneal signs.

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Practice Parameters for Sigmoid Diverticulitis

Janice F. Rafferty, Paul C. Shellito, Neil Hyman et al. · Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 2006 · 703 citations

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Diverticulitis in the United States: 1998–2005

David A. Etzioni, Thomas M. Mack, Robert W. Beart et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2009 · 590 citations

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The Management of Complicated Diverticulitis and the Role of Computed Tomography

Andreas M. Kaiser, Jeng-Kae Jiang, J P Lake et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2005 · 550 citations

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Long-term Risk of Acute Diverticulitis Among Patients With Incidental Diverticulosis Found During Colonoscopy

Kamyar Shahedi, Garth Fuller, Roger Bolus et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2013 · 475 citations · Full text

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Meckel's diverticulum

Muneyuki Yamaguchi, Setsuo Takeuchi, Saburo AWAZU · The American Journal of Surgery · 1978 · 460 citations

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    Antonio Tursi

    Ospedale L. Bonomo, Italy

    19 publications · 1K citations

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    Giovanni Brandimarte

    Ospedale Cristo Re, Italy

    15 publications · 905 citations

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    Marja A. Boermeester

    Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    15 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. WE
    Walter Elisei

    Ospedale L. Bonomo, Italy

    13 publications · 669 citations

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    P Ambrosetti

    University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    16 h-index

    76 publications

    4K citations

  2. Ospedale Cristo Re

    Rome, Italy

    16 h-index

    26 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Ospedale L. Bonomo

    Andria, Italy

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. University Hospital of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    15 h-index

    72 publications

    8K citations

  5. Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    64 publications

    5.6K citations

  6. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    13 h-index

    35 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    13 h-index

    69 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    12 h-index

    59 publications

    3.4K citations

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  1. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

    64 publications · 5.4K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 116 publications · 3.6K citations

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  3. British journal of surgery

    BJS · 47 publications · 3.6K citations

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  4. International Journal of Colorectal Disease

    45 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. The American Journal of Surgery

    41 publications · 2.2K citations

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