BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Angiographic and surgical therapy are standards of care for persistent diverticular bleeding. Colonoscopic intervention using epinephrine injection, multipolar ...

Colonic diverticular bleeding (CDB) is a common complication associated with diverticular disease, where small pouches (diverticula) form in the colon wall. When these diverticula bleed ...

This advice is based on a rather intuitive notion that colonic luminal trauma from these foods might initiate inflammation or bleeding within diverticula. In a prospective cohort study of 47,228 ...

“I never predict. I just look out of the window and see what is visible—but not yet seen.” Peter Drucker (1909–2005, writer and management consultant). Predicting the future necessitates ...

However, a few serious causes of bloody stool may also include: Anal fissure which causes a small tear in the lining of the ...

Most people with esophageal varices have chronic liver disease, which may cause symptoms such as: Diverticular disease is the most common cause of lower GI bleeding. Diverticulosis occurs when ...