SynthesisNutrients2017
Role of Fiber in Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- German guideline diverticular disease/diverticulitis: Part II: Conservative, interventional and surgical management.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Guideline
- Diverticulitis during pregnancy: A review of the reported cases.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Role of Dietary Habits in the Prevention of Diverticular Disease Complications: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Progression rate of diverticular disease and associated risk factors: results from 5-year longitudinal prospective nationwide diverticular disease registry (REMAD).Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Fibers and Polyphenols in Diverticular Disease: From Pathophysiology to Management.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Review
- Low dietary fiber diet does not reduce risk for adhesive small bowel obstruction development: self-controlled study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Managing diverticula: dietary changes for a more comfortable life.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2025Article
- Unmet needs in treatment of symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease and prevention of recurrent acute diverticulitis: a scoping review.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease (SUDD): Practical Guidance and Challenges for Clinical Management.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2023Review
- [Diverticula in the gastrointestinal tract].Der Internist · 2021Article
- Drains, Germs, or Steel: Multidisciplinary Management of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2020Review
- Diverticulitis: An Update From the Age Old Paradigm.Current problems in surgery · 2020Review
- Colonic diverticular disease.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2020Review
- A Brief Review of Nutraceutical Ingredients in Gastrointestinal Disorders: Evidence and Suggestions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Cyclic rifaximin therapy effectively prevents the recurrence of symptoms after exacerbation of symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease: a retrospective study.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2019Article
- Treatment of diverticular disease: an update on latest evidence and clinical implications.Drugs in context · 2018Review
- Management of colonic diverticular disease in the third millennium: Highlights from a symposium held during the United European Gastroenterology Week 2017.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2018Review
- Paradigm shift: the Copernican revolution in diverticular disease.Annals of gastroenterologyReview
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD) is a syndrome characterized by recurrent abdominal symptoms in patients with colonic diverticula. There is some evidence that a high-fiber diet or supplemental fibers may reduce symptoms in SUDD patients and a high-fiber diet is commonly suggested for these patients. This systematic review aims to update the evidence on the efficacy of fiber treatment in SUDD, in terms of a reduction in symptoms and the prevention of acute diverticulitis. According to PRISMA, we identified studies on SUDD patients treated with fibers (PubMed and Scopus). The quality of these studies was evaluated by the Jadad scale. The main outcome measures were a reduction of abdominal symptoms and the prevention of acute diverticulitis. Nineteen studies were included, nine with dietary fiber and 10 with supplemental fiber, with a high heterogeneity concerning the quantity and quality of fibers employed. Single studies suggest that fibers, both dietary and supplemental, could be beneficial in SUDD, even if the quality is very low, with just one study yielding an optimal score. The presence of substantial methodological limitations, the heterogeneity of the therapeutic regimens employed, and the lack of ad hoc designed studies, did not permit a summary of the outcome measure. Thus, the benefit of dietary or supplemental fiber in SUDD patients still needs to be established.
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