Hinchey EJ, Schaal PGH, Richards GK: Treatment of perforated diverticular disease of the colon. Adv Surg 1978; 12: 85–109. MEDLINE 4. Stock W, Hansen O, Graupe F: Colonic diverticulitis ...

You might be dealing with diverticulitis, a condition that occurs when small pouches form in the colon and become inflamed or infected. Diverticulitis is more common as you age, affecting ...

Dr Grant replies: Often during a camera test into the colon (known as a colonoscopy ... Your camera test report may have the medical term diverticulosis to describe the presence of diverticula ...

To understand diverticulitis, you must first understand what’s going on inside your colon — not the most comforting thought but a necessary one. Sometimes — for reasons not exactly ...