title: Natural history of bleeding risk in colonic diverticulosis.
abstract: Colonic diverticulosis prevalence is gradually increasing worldwide. From 3% to 15% of the patients with diverticulosis will bleed at some point. The risk for rebleeding after the first episode is substantial but varies in the literature between 13-48%. We analyzed risk factors for diverticular bleed and management options for initial and recurrent diverticular bleeding. A review of the literature on this subject is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Lior
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Segev
authors.affiliation: Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA - gozuner@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozuner
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D043963:Diverticulosis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome