ArticleBJS open2020
Incidence and recurrence rate of sigmoid diverticulitis in patients requiring admission to hospital in Iceland from 1985 to 2014: nationwide population-based register study.
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- The Epidemiology of Diverticulitis.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2025Review
- Rifaximin in diverticulosis and diverticular disease: a national survey among Italian gastroenterologists and general practitioners.Internal and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Robotic surgery versus conventional laparoscopy in sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease-a comparison of operative trauma and cost-effectiveness: retrospective, single-center analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Evaluation of laparoscopic peritoneal lavage for perforated diverticulitis: a national registry-based study.The British journal of surgery · 2024Observational
- Ten-year multicentric retrospective analysis regarding postoperative complications and impact of comorbidities in hemorrhoidal surgery with literature review.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Changing Paradigms in the Management of Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis.Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundDiverticulitis is the most common complication of diverticular disease, affecting 10-25 per cent of patients with diverticula. A retrospective, nationwide, population-based cohort study was performed to analyse the incidence and recurrence rate of sigmoid diverticulitis requiring hospital admission.
methodsAll patients discharged from hospital in Iceland during 1985-2014 who were diagnosed with diverticular disease were included. The χ
resultsOf 8660 admissions for diverticular disease, 4746 were due to diverticulitis, of which 2939 were for diverticulitis diagnosed for the first time. After the first attack, surgery was used to treat 661 patients. Of 2278 patients not treated by resection, 537 had a second attack (23·6 per cent). There was a significant decrease in the incidence of diverticulitis in patients aged 40-89 years during the period from 2002 to 2014 (P = 0·033). The risk of recurrence was associated with younger age at first attack and female sex (P < 0·001).
conclusionThere was a decline in the incidence of patients hospitalized with diverticulitis between 1995 and 2014, most prominent in older age groups. Different recurrence rates were reported in men and women, and in younger compared with older age groups.
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