Treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, including the role of mesalazine

Beata Stępień; Grażyna Piotrowicz; Grażyna Rydzewska

doi:10.5114/pg.2013.37441

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Gastroenterology Review/Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny

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Treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, including the role of mesalazine

Beata Stępień

,

Grażyna Piotrowicz

,

Grażyna Rydzewska

Prz Gastroenterol 2013; 8 (4): 211–217

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2013.37441

Online publish date: 2013/09/09

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Diverticulosis of the colonis very common pathology in digestive diseases tract, usually a symptomatic. The name of diverticular disease is reserved to the symptomatic patients only and could have different clinical manifestations such as noncomplicated diverticular disease, reccurent symptomatic diverticular disease and complicated disease. Inflammatory proces seems to be crucial in all steps of the disease. Although the problem of diverticular disease is still growing, there is a lack of accepted algorithm of treatment. The aim of present paper is to discuss treatment of uncomplicated diverticular disease as well as reccurent disease.

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Treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, including the role of mesalazine

Beata Stępień , Grażyna Piotrowicz , Grażyna Rydzewska

diverticula, diverticulitis, treatment, inflammation, mesalasine

Beata Stępień

,

Grażyna Piotrowicz

,

Grażyna Rydzewska