Diverticulosis and dietary fiber: rethinking the relationship.

What it found

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Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Evidence for Dietary Fibre Modification in the Recovery and Prevention of Reoccurrence of Acute, Uncomplicated Diverticulitis: A Systematic Literature Review.Nutrients · 2018
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2. Effectiveness of Systemic Inflammation Response Index (SIRI) Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Derived Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (dNLR), and Systemic Immune Inflammation Index (SII) for predicting prognosis of acute diverticulitis.Updates in surgery · 2026
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3. Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios Are Correlated with Complicated Diverticulitis and Hinchey Classification: A Simple Tool to Assess Disease Severity in the Emergency Department.Emergency medicine international · 2019
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4. A seven-year retrospective review of colonoscopy records from a single centre in Zambia.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2018
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5. Progress and challenges in the management of diverticular disease: which treatment?Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2018
   Review
6. High Probability of an Underlying Colorectal Cancer Among Patients Treated for Acute Diverticulitis. A Population-Based Cohort Follow-Up Study.World journal of surgery · 2016
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7. Breath Methane Levels Are Increased Among Patients with Diverticulosis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2016
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8. Prevalence of colonic diverticulosis in mainland China from 2004 to 2014.Scientific reports · 2016
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9. Risk Factors for Diverticulosis, Diverticulitis, Diverticular Perforation, and Bleeding: A Plea for More Subtle History Taking.Viszeralmedizin · 2015
   Review
10. Diverticular disease: paradigm shifts in pathogenesis and treatment.Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2015
    Article
11. Italian consensus conference for colonic diverticulosis and diverticular disease.United European gastroenterology journal · 2014
    Article
12. Source of dietary fibre and diverticular disease incidence: a prospective study of UK women.Gut · 2014
    Article
13. Constipation and a low-fiber diet are not associated with diverticulosis.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2013
    Article
14. Diverticular disease: reconsidering conventional wisdom.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2013
    Review
15. New strategies for the management of diverticular disease: insights for the clinician.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2013
    Article

Corrections and comments

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  A high-fiber diet does not protect against asymptomatic diverticulosis.2012

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