Number 4 - APRIL 2005
DIVERTICULAR DISEASE

Di Mario F, Aragona G, Leandro G, Comparato G, Fanigliulo L, Cavallaro LG, Cavestro GM, Iori V, Maino M, Moussa AM, Gnocchi A, Mazzocchi G, Franze A. Efficacy of mesalazine in the treatment of symptomatic diverticular disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Mar;50(3):581-6.  

Bassotti G, Battaglia E, De Roberto G, Morelli A, Tonini M, Villanacci V. Alterations in colonic motility and relationship to pain in colonic diverticulosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Mar;3(3):248-53.  

Khanna A, Ognibene SJ, Koniaris LG. Embolization as First-Line Therapy for Diverticulosis-Related Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Evidence From a Meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2005 Mar;9(3):343-52.  

Ye H, Losada M, West AB. Diverticulosis coli: update on a "Western" disease. Adv Anat Pathol. 2005 Mar;12(2):74-80.  

Janes S, Meagher A, Frizelle FA. Elective surgery after acute diverticulitis. Br J Surg. 2005 Feb;92(2):133-42. Review.  

Senagore AJ. Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease. Surg Clin North Am. 2005 Feb;85(1):19-24, vii. Review. 

Bartus CM, Lipof T, Sarwar CM, Vignati PV, Johnson KH, Sardella WV, Cohen JL. Colovesical fistula: not a contraindication to elective laparoscopic colectomy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Feb;48(2):233-6.  

Schwandner O, Farke S, Bruch HP. Laparoscopic colectomy for diverticulitis is not associated with increased morbidity when compared with non-diverticular disease. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2005 Mar;20(2):165-72.  

Papaziogas B, Makris J, Koutelidakis I, Paraskevas G, Oikonomou B, Papadopoulos E, Atmatzidis K. Surgical management of cecal diverticulitis: is diverticulectomy enough? Int J Colorectal Dis. 2005 Jan;20(1):24-7.