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Triple Colonic Fistula Due to Complicated Diverticular Disease and Its Surgical Management.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, MEX.
Diverticular colon disease is the most common cause of colovesical fistulas, a rare and complex entity in their diagnosis and treatment. This report details the case of a 56-year-old patient who had presented with pneumaturia and gas in the vagina for six years and exudate in the abdominal wall in a midline wound. Given the suspicion, the diagnosis of the triple colonic fistula was confirmed by imaging studies: enteroatmospheric, colovesical, and colotubal, which were managed surgically.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRetrospective registry-based nationwide analysis of the COVID-19 lockdown effect on the volume of general and visceral non-malignant surgical procedures.
Surg Pract Sci
June 2024
Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Switzerland.
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute virus infection, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Swiss government decreed a public lockdown to reduce and restrict further infections. The aim of this investigation was to analyze the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on the performance of general and visceral surgery procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuccessful hemostasis of colonic diverticular bleeding using single-balloon-assisted endoscopy and endoscopic band ligation in a patient with difficult total colonoscopy.
Endoscopy
December 2025
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for Digestive and Liver Diseases, Nara City Hospital, Nara, Japan.
Concurrent Meckel's Diverticulum and Sjögren Syndrome: A Case of Intestinal Obstruction.
Am J Case Rep
January 2025
Department of General Surgery, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain.
BACKGROUND Meckel's diverticulum is a congenital diverticulum that contains all normal layers of the gastrointestinal wall. In adults, Meckel's diverticulum can present with bowel obstruction, the most common presentation, in 35.6% of cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGiant sigmoid diverticulum.
BMJ Case Rep
January 2025
Gastroenterology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK.
Giant colonic diverticulum is an uncommon presentation of colonic diverticular disease. It is characterised by the presence of a diverticulum exceeding 4 cm in size, with approximately 90% of the cases involving the sigmoid colon. Typically, diagnosis relies on CT of the abdomen and pelvis (CTAP).
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