Number 1 - JANUARY 2005
DIVERTICULAR DISEASE

Blachut K, Paradowski L, Garcarek J. Prevalence and distribution of the colonic diverticulosis. Review of 417 cases from Lower Silesia in Poland.Rom J Gastroenterol. 2004 Dec;13(4):281-5.  

Scheidbach H, Schneider C, Rose J, Konradt J, Gross E, Barlehner E, Pross M, Schmidt U, Kockerling F, Lippert H. Laparoscopic approach to treatment of sigmoid diverticulitis: changes in the spectrum of indications and results of a prospective, multicenter study on 1,545 patients. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 Nov;47(11):1883-8.  

Salem L, Veenstra DL, Sullivan SD, Flum DR. The timing of elective colectomy in diverticulitis: a decision analysis.
J Am Coll Surg. 2004 Dec;199(6):904-12. 

Chandra V, Nelson H, Larson DR, Harrington JR. Impact of primary resection on the outcome of patients with perforated diverticulitis. Arch Surg. 2004 Nov;139(11):1221-4.  

Kieff BJ, Eckert GJ, Imperiale TF. Is diverticulosis associated with colorectal neoplasia? A cross-sectional colonoscopic study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Oct;99(10):2007-11.