Diverticulitis risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

The most potent risk factors for disease recurrence include multiple diverticulaintraperitoneal abscess, family history of diverticulitis, and having a large portion of the colon involved in the disease.

Risk Factors

Risk factors for the recurrence of diverticulitis

Recurrence of diverticulitis has been reported to occur in 20% of patients with previous episodes of diverticulitis.[1] Risk factors for diverticulitis include the following:[2][3]

References

  1. Peery AF (2016). "Recent Advances in Diverticular Disease". Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 18 (7): 37. doi:10.1007/s11894-016-0513-1. PMID 27241190.
  2. Park HC, Kim BS, Lee K, Kim MJ, Lee BH (2014). "Risk factors for recurrence of right colonic uncomplicated diverticulitis after first attack". Int J Colorectal Dis. 29 (10): 1217–22. doi:10.1007/s00384-014-1941-8. PMID 24980689.
  3. Hall JF, Roberts PL, Ricciardi R, Read T, Scheirey C, Wald C; et al. (2011). "Long-term follow-up after an initial episode of diverticulitis: what are the predictors of recurrence?". Dis Colon Rectum. 54 (3): 283–8. doi:10.1007/DCR.0b013e3182028576. PMID 21304297.
  4. Buchs NC, Mortensen NJ, Ris F, Morel P, Gervaz P (2015). "Natural history of uncomplicated sigmoid diverticulitis". World J Gastrointest Surg. 7 (11): 313–8. doi:10.4240/wjgs.v7.i11.313. PMC 4663385. PMID 26649154.

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