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[Diverticular disease. Clinical appearance, conservative treatment, primary and secondary prophylaxis]. 2021

Ludger Leifeld, and Wolfgang Kruis

Medizinische Klinik 3 - Allgemeine Innere Medizin und Gastroenterologie, St Bernward Krankenhaus, Treibestr. 9, 31134, Hildesheim, Deutschland. l.leifeld@bernward-khs.de.

Diverticula of the colon are very common and usually asymptomatic but 20% of people with diverticulosis develop symptoms and sometimes also complications, such as diverticulitis with abscesses or perforation and bleeding. In the long-term stenoses or a conglomerate can occur. The treatment depends on the type of diverticular disease, on the knowledge of risk indicators and imaging with sonography or computed tomography (CT). The uncomplicated diverticular disease is treated on an outpatient and conservative basis, while complicated diverticular disease is treated on an inpatient basis and often surgically.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004238	Diverticulitis	Inflammation of a DIVERTICULUM or diverticula.	Diverticulitides
D004239	Diverticulitis, Colonic	Inflammation of the COLONIC DIVERTICULA, generally with abscess formation and subsequent perforation.	Colonic Diverticulitis
D004240	Diverticulum	A pouch or sac developed from a tubular or saccular organ, such as the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.	Diverticulosis,Diverticula
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072700	Conservative Treatment	Therapeutic approaches that are limited, gradual, or well-established as opposed to radical methods.	Conservative Management,Conservative Therapy,Conservative Managements,Conservative Therapies,Conservative Treatments,Management, Conservative,Managements, Conservative,Therapies, Conservative,Therapy, Conservative,Treatment, Conservative,Treatments, Conservative
D000076385	Diverticular Diseases	Diseases of the DIVERTICULUM often due to infection and/or inflammation (DIVERTICULITIS).	Diverticular Bleeding,Diverticular Bleedings,Diverticular Disease
D055502	Secondary Prevention	The prevention of recurrences or exacerbations of a disease or complications of its therapy.	Disease Prevention, Secondary,Early Therapy,Relapse Prevention,Secondary Disease Prevention,Disease Preventions, Secondary,Early Therapies,Prevention, Relapse,Prevention, Secondary,Prevention, Secondary Disease,Preventions, Relapse,Preventions, Secondary,Preventions, Secondary Disease,Relapse Preventions,Secondary Disease Preventions,Secondary Preventions,Therapies, Early,Therapy, Early