Colonic diverticula commonly appear where there are weak spots in the colon. They often develop on the left side of the intestine, and in most cases, they measure between 0.2 and 0.4 inches.

Predictive Factors for Colonic Diverticular Rebleeding: A Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical and Colonoscopic Features of 111 Patients, Gut and Liver, 6, 3, (334-338), (2012). https://doi.org ...

Diverticulitis is a digestive condition that occurs due to the infection or inflammation of diverticula in the colon. Diverticula are small, pouch-like structures that can form in the digestive tract.

(HealthDay)—Patients with colonic diverticular disease may be at an increased risk for dementia, according to a study published Nov. 23 in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology ...

Recent findings published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggested colonic diverticulosis did not increase the risk for colorectal or advanced adenomas, contrary to previous research ...

Sign In; Subscribe; Health. Colon Eruption: Stay Strong, Eddie Van Halen. By James Hamblin. August 30, 2012. ... Most people have at least a few colonic diverticula by the time they get old.

The autopsy was performed by Dr. BH Kean, a specialist in tropical medicine and parasitology who was stationed at Gorgas Hospital in 1941 when the patient died. His description of the unusual ...

Colonic motility issues "The increased incidence of diverticula in the sigmoid colon is explained by Laplace's law, such that pressure is proportional to wall tension and inversely proportional to ...

A 73-year-old man presented with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. He was hemodynamically stable, and nasogastric-tube lavage revealed bile with no blood, suggesting a lower gastrointestinal s ...