title: [Massive intestinal hemorrhage as the first sign of diverticular disease of the colon].
abstract: Retrospective and prospective analysis of massive enterorrhagia (m.e.). The aim of the study is the analysis of frequent causes of m.e--diverticular disease of the colon (DDC). The total number of patients with m.e. was 154 and the proportion of DDC in this total group was 17%, i.m. 24 patients. The total number of patients with the acute symptomatic DDC was 198 and the proportion of haemorrhagic DDC in this total group was 13.3%. The dominant form is conservative therapy (88.4%), surgical therapy was performed in 11.6% of cases. Discontinuous types of operations predominated. The analysis of the group and comparison with problems of m.e. in the literature.
authors.affiliation: I. chirurgická klinika VFN a UK, Praha.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Krska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klofanda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pesková
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sváb
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melechovský
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kormanová
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies