Dear Doctors: I am considering having sigmoid surgery. Five years ago, I had pancreatic cancer. I have also had multiple episodes of diverticulitis.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mean quality of life score was nearly 10 points higher in surgery vs. conservative group at 1 year. Within 2 ...

Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical ...

What is diverticulitis, and how is it treated? A: Diverticula are pockets that develop in the colon wall, usually in the sigmoid or left colon, but can involve the entire colon. Diverticulosis ...

Q: I am a 55-year-old woman who was diagnosed with diverticulitis in July 2006, and had two more flare-ups in November 2006 and June 2007. My gastroenterologist is recommending that I have surgery to ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Key Takeaways Diverticulitis flare-ups can cause sudden abdominal pain, fever, and ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

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

About one or two percent of patients under 30 experience diverticulosis while people age 60 and older have some degree of the condition. Diverticulosis refers to small outpouching in the colon called ...

Pope Francis resumed his weekly appearances from a Vatican window to bless the faithful 2 weeks after undergoing surgery on July 4. The pontiff had nearly half of his colon removed due to severe ...