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Abdominal pain and changes in digestive habits are symptoms associated with a range of gastrointestinal issues. One potential condition is diverticulosis, which we become more at risk of as we age. In ...

An article in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology examines the distribution of colonic diverticula. 1. The research team examined patients undergoing screening colonoscopy at the University of ...

Diverticula are small sacs or pouches that protrude through the muscular wall of the large intestine (colon). Occasionally, diverticula also occur in the small intestine. Many people have diverticula ...

Treatment in these settings is directed at the underlying pathophysiology -- the functional obstruction of the distal esophagus -- and the diverticulum itself. Several therapeutic approaches are ...

THE treatment of esophagopharyngeal diverticulum continues to be an interesting surgical problem. For the majority of practitioners interest in the subject arises out of the comparative rarity of the ...

Diverticulum (plural diverticula) is the outward bulge of the inner epithelial lining of the bladder through a defect in its muscular layer. It can be present since birth or acquired later in life due ...

Q: What are the complications of bladder diverticula? A: Due to chronic urinary stasis within the bladder, patients with bladder diverticula can develop bladder stones and frequent urinary tract ...

Diverticular disease is a condition which occurs when pouches of tissue, commonly known as diverticula, pass through the muscular layer of the bowel. Classically, the lowest most portion of the large ...