Abstract
Diverticulosis is a common disease in Western world and is associated with a Western lifestyle with low fiber diet, smoking, constipation. It is quite rare in the East, however it’s incidence is growing also in the Eastern countries. Diverticula are a small outpouching of the colonic wall and are harmless, unless they became inflammed or cause other symptoms. Colonic diverticula can occur anywhere in the colon or rectum, but they most often occur in the descending and sigmoid colon [1]. The majority of individuals (80-85%) with colonic diverticula remain asymptomatic, 10-15% of people with colonic diverticulosis develop abdominal symptoms, such as abdominal pain, bloating or changes in bowel habits.
Highlights
Jurij Janež*Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Slovenia Received: : November 01, 2018; Published: : December 03, 2018 *Corresponding author: Jurij Janež, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Zaloška Cesta 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Diverticulosis is a common disease in Western world and is associated with a Western lifestyle with low fiber diet, smoking, constipation
The majority of individuals (80-85%) with colonic diverticula remain asymptomatic, 10-15% of people with colonic diverticulosis develop abdominal symptoms, such as abdominal pain, bloating or changes in bowel habits. Those symptoms, without macroscopical changes within diverticula, we describe as a symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD)
Summary
Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Slovenia Received: : November 01, 2018; Published: : December 03, 2018 *Corresponding author: Jurij Janež, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Zaloška Cesta 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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