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Patients with computed tomography-proven acute diverticulitis require follow-up to exclude colorectal cancer

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Traditionally, patients with acute diverticulitis undergo follow-up endoscopy to exclude colorectal cancer (CRC). However, its usefulness has been debated in this era of high-resolution computed tomography (CT) diagnosis. We assessed the frequency and outcome of endoscopic follow-up...

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Autores principales: Zaman, Shafquat, Chapman, Warren, Mohammed, Imtiyaz, Gill, Kathryn, Ward, Stephen Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5430011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28522949
http://dx.doi.org/10.5217/ir.2017.15.2.195