You may not have heard of diverticulitis – unless you've suffered through a bout of it – but by the age of 50, you have a ...

Key Facts Diverticulosis involves small sacs in the colon lining, often without symptoms. Diverticulitis occurs when these sacs become inflamed or infected, causing pain and other symptoms.

Abbas et al. published a series involving 42 patients who underwent laparoscopic resection for diverticular fistulas, including colovesical, colovaginal, and colocutaneous (74). A chronic abscess was ...

Here's what health experts want you to know about identifying a tight pelvic floor, and how best to fix one. 'Take care of your pelvic floor' Brittany Mahomes speaks out after injury ...

It is estimated that 50% of people over the age of 60 and 70% over the age of 80 have diverticulosis. Of these, roughly one in six will go on to develop diverticulitis. Risk factors for diverticulosis ...

Surgeons may well be proud of the decrease in the mortality associated with the surgical treatment of diverticulitis. Only fifteen years ago, Smithwick 3 reported a mortality of 17.1 per cent, and ...

But a tight pelvic floor, in fact, is a weak pelvic floor," she says. They're two sides of the same coin: Both cause similar issues, but the way they're treated usually differs.

Symptoms of diverticular disease may include diarrhoea, bloating and dysuria. A fever usually occurs if inflammation is present. Uncomplicated diverticulitis may cause pain, fatigue and rectal ...

Diverticulitis occurs at some time in 17 to 27 per cent of all cases of diverticulosis. Rankin and Brown 3 reported the incidence to be about 17 per cent in 1300 cases of diverticulosis, and Abell ...

Six days after the presentation, the patient started complaining of abdominal pain. An abdominal and pelvic computed tomography (CT) scan showed free air in the abdomen. The patient underwent surgical ...

Pelvic abscesses: These form in the pelvis. Retroperitoneal abscesses: These develop behind the peritoneum, the moist tissue membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs.