Acute Diverticulitis
Research on acute diverticulitis published by scientists at Yonsei University, Medical Department
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, August 24th, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in Seoul, South Korea conducted a study "To determine the clinical characteristics of acute diverticulitis in Korean patients with respect to the relationship between disease location and age, obesity, and complications. The medical records of patients with acute diverticulitis who were treated at Severance Hospital in Korea between January 2000 and December 2006 were retrospectively analyzed."
"A total of 70 patients were enrolled. Out of these, 53 (75.7%) cases of diverticulitis occurred in the right side of the colon and 17 cases (24.3%) in the left side of the colon. The mean age of patients with right-sided diverticulitis was...
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