Incidence and recurrence rate of sigmoid diverticulitis in patients requiring admission to hospital in Iceland from 1985 to 2014: nationwide population‐based register study

• Published in: BJS Open
• Main Authors: Alexandersson, B. T., Stefánsson, T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2020
• Subjects: Original Articles; Meier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709358/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32902199; https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.50336

BACKGROUND: Diverticulitis is the most common complication of diverticular disease, affecting 10–25 per cent of patients with diverticula. A retrospective, nationwide, population‐based cohort study was performed to analyse the incidence and recurrence rate of sigmoid diverticulitis requiring hospita...