Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Laparoscopic-assisted resection of a giant colonic diverticulum: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Laparoscopic-assisted resection of a giant colonic diverticulum a case report Jacqueline E Collin1 Gurprit SS Atwal2 William K Dunn3 and Austin G Acheson1 Address Department of Colorectal Surgery Queens Medical Centre Nottingham Universities NHS Trust Nottingham NG7 2UH UK 2Department of Histopathology Queens Medical Centre Nottingham Universities NHS Trust Nottingham NG7 2UH UK and 3Department of Radiology Queens Medical Centre Nottingham Universities NHS Trust Nottingham NG7 2UH UK Email JEC - Jacquelinecollin@ GSSA - suniatwal@ WKD - AGA - Corresponding author Published 28 May 2009 Received 8 February 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 7075 doi 1752-1947-3-7075 Accepted 23 January 2009 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7075 2009 Collin et al licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Diverticular disease of the colon is a common benign condition. The majority of patients with diverticular disease are asymptomatic and are managed non-operatively however complications such as perforation bleeding fistulation and stricture formation can necessitate surgical intervention. A giant colonic diverticulum is defined as a diverticulum larger than 4cm in diameter. Despite the increasing incidence of colonic diverticular disease giant colonic diverticula remain a rare clinical entity. Case presentation This is the first reported case of laparoscopic-assisted resection of a giant colonic diverticulum. We discuss the symptoms and signs of this rare complication of diverticular disease and suggest .
