Smoking Is Associated with an Increased Risk for Surgery in Diverticulitis: A Case Control Study

IMPORTANCE: Cigarette smoking increases the risk of surgery in Crohn’s disease. However, the effect of smoking on the need for surgery for diverticulitis is unknown. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated whether smoking was a risk factor for surgery among patients admitted to hospital with acute diverticulitis. D...

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Autores principales: Diamant, Michael J., Schaffer, Samuel, Coward, Stephanie, Kuenzig, M. Ellen, Hubbard, James, Eksteen, Bertus, Heitman, Steven, Panaccione, Remo, Ghosh, Subrata, Kaplan, Gilaad G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27467077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153871

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27467077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153871

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