THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF HAEMORRHAGE FROM DIVERTICULA OF THE COLON.
Haemorrhage is an occasional but sometimes serious complication of diverticulitis. This paper is a clinical study and discusses surgical treatment. Defunctioning colostomy is advocated when possible as an alternative to emergency resection.
D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003125:Colostomy; D003933:Diagnosis; D004238:Diverticulitis; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic; D004240:Diverticulum; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; D005853:Geriatrics; D006470:Hemorrhage; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLOSTOMY; DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; GERIATRICS; HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL; STATISTICS; SURGERY, OPERATIVE