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AN OVERVIEW OF DIAGNOSIS DIVERTICULOSIS AND COMPLICATIONS

Rakan mohammed ahmed alshuwaykan, Bandar Abdullah alqahtani, Abdulaziz Suleman alassiri, Ahmed Abdu Alnaji, Abdullah Noman Alatawi

Diverticulosis when diverticula occur in, outpouching from the large colon. It can happen in any part of colon, but usually in sigmoid colon. Proper diagnosis is very important and in this review we discuss the diagnosis approaches, etiology and complications. We conducted a detailed search through medical electronic databases’ Medline/PubMed and Embase, searching studies discussing managing, diagnosis and complications of diverticulosis, published up to end of ,2018. Diverticulosis of the colon is one of the most frequent anatomical alteration of the human colon. In the large majority (80%) of individuals it runs asymptomatic, while it comes to be symptomatic in around 20% of those individuals. Besides the typical symptoms and signs, throughout the diverticular ailment, several uncommon problems might be seen. Pylephlebitis, perforation, digestive tract obstruction, abscess and fistula development may be counted among the uncommon issues. Attributes of the abdominal pain (located in the left lower abdominal quadrant, moderate-to-severe intensity, duration ≥ 24h) are useful in differentiating Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease (SUDD) from diverticulosis with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

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