Meckel’s diverticulum is a common condition in which there is a small pouch attached to the intestinal wall, usually at the junction where small and large intestines meet. The pouch is located near ...

Meckel’s diverticulum is a common congenital condition characterized by the presence of a small pouch in the intestinal wall, at the junction where the small and large intestines meet. The pouch is ...

It's easy to see your body aging on the outside – wrinkles, dark spots, gray hair, the whole shebang – but as we grow older, ...

Esophageal diverticula are outpouchings of 1 or more layers of the esophageal wall. Approximately 65% of diverticula are asymptomatic [1] and are often discovered incidentally during upper endoscopy ...

Introduction Colonic diverticulosis is the most common structural abnormality of the colon in developed countries, with an increasing global prevalence. Approximately 20–25% of affected individuals ...

Doctors classify diverticulitis as uncomplicated or complicated. Complicated diverticulitis includes additional health complications, such as abscesses, compared to uncomplicated diverticulitis.

THIS report is derived from a background of 437 cases of esophageal diverticula, from 1925 to January, 1960. Of this number 425 were pharyngoesophageal, and 12 were supradiaphragmatic diverticula.

And, in order to explain that, you’ll need some basic background of what your large intestine looks like. 'Your large intestine is like a bicycle tyre,' says Julie Harrington, CEO of Guts UK. 'It has ...

THE treatment of esophagopharyngeal diverticulum continues to be an interesting surgical problem. For the majority of practitioners interest in the subject arises out of the comparative rarity of the ...