Diverticular disease and colon cancer: a real association between the two diseases?

Background: During the last century the incidence of diverticular disease (DD), as well as the prevalence of colonic adenocarcinoma (ADK), recorded a marked increase in Western populations. In literature has been reported a higher incidence of sigmoid colon carcinoma associated with diverticular disease suggesting a possible sharing of risk factors and pathogens between these two pathologies.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively examined 165 patients undergoing left colonic resection from May 2010 to December 2012 at the operating unit of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation of University Hospital of Parma , dividing them into three groups: affected by left colon cancer (120 cases), affected by complicated diverticular disease (29 cases) and affected by both diseases (16 cases).

Choledocholithiasis and endo-laparoscopic rendezvous. Analysis of 59 consecutive cases.

Background: Choledocholithiasis is a real problem of major clinical importance. The incidence of cholelithiasis is 10-20%.

Materials: We have examined 2907 patients treated with videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy (VLC) between January 2001 and September 2009.