Authors: Iacopini, Federico; Bizzotto, Alessandra; Boskoski, Ivo; Bulajic, Milutin; Costamagna, Guido

Source: Aging Health, Volume 3, Number 4, August 2007 , pp. 551-566(16)

Publisher: Future Medicine

Abstract:

The aim of this review is mainly to show the high prevalence of diverticulosis and the clinical relevance of uncomplicated and complicated diverticular disease worldwide. The prevalence of diverticular disease is directly related to the aging of the population and in western countries is diagnosed in approximately 50-65% of adult subjects. The often more frequent adoption of an incorrect dietary style, such as a low-fiber diet, and the progressive increase in the average age of western populations will increase the prevalence of this pathology and the economic burden for health systems even more so. Furthermore, the management of uncomplicated diverticular disease, segmental colitis associated to diverticula and diverticulitis, which represent the different manifestations of the symptomatic spectrum of colonic diverticulosis, are reported.

Keywords: diagnosis; diverticular disease; diverticulosis; management; segmental colitis

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/1745509X.3.4.551

Affiliations: 1: Università Cattolica “A. Gemelli”, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Department of Surgery, Rome, Italy., Email: gcostamagna@rm.unicatt.it

Publication date: 2007-08-01

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