PURPOSE: This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department CT use for acute nontraumatic abdominal pain, to better understand why imaging volume so drastically decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This was a retrospective review of emergency imaging volumes from January 5 to May 30, 2020. Weekly volume data...
Published in Emergency Radiology
Purpose This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department CT use for acute nontraumatic abdominal pain, to better understand why imaging volume so drastically decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This was a retrospective review of emergency imaging volumes from January 5 to May 30, 2020. Weekly volume data w...
Published in International journal of colorectal disease
Computed tomography (CT) with intravenous contrast is the gold standard for diagnosing diverticulitis. Published results concerning follow-up colonoscopy after an episode of acute diverticulitis to rule out cancer are conflicting. This study aimed to evaluate the risk of underlying colonic malignancy in patients diagnosed with a first time divertic...
Published in Emergency Radiology
Purpose To evaluate the frequency with which patients with an urgent health concern, specifically diverticulitis, avoided appropriate medical care during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 and to study the consequences of the resultant delay in care, the incidence of an associated abscess. Methods This study was institutional revie...
Published in World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Latest evidence indicates that patients with acute diverticulitis have higher prevalence of colorectal cancer than reference patients. Therefore, colonoscopy should be offered after an episode of acute diverticulitis.
Published in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Purpose: This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department CT use for acute non-traumatic abdominal pain, to better understand why imaging volume so drastically decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This was a retrospective review of emergency imaging volumes from January 5 to May 30, 2020. Weekly volume dat...
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Obesity is a known risk factor for diverticulitis. Our objective was to examine the less investigated impact of morbid obesity (MO) on admissions and clinical course of diverticulitis in a US representative database. We retrospectively queried the 2010-2014 Nationwide Readmission Database to compare diverticulitis hospitalizations in 48,651 MO and ...
Abstract Introduction: The management of Hinchey III diverticulitis has been subject to investigation over the years. Hartmann's procedure is widely referred as the standard treatment. However, this option is associated with relevant morbidity and mortality which motivated the arise of alternative interventions such as the laparoscopic peritoneal l...
Published in Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
BackgroundColouterine fistula is a very rare entity because of the sturdy and muscular nature of the uterus. Due to the rarity of this condition and nonspecific clinical findings, it poses a diagnostic challenge to treating physicians.Case presentationHere, we report a case of a 64-year-old female, who presented with lower abdominal pain. Clinicall...
