Diverticulitis is the microperforation of those pockets – or acute inflammation or infection of the diverticula, says Dr. Sherif Andrawes, director of gastroenterology at Staten Island ...

Examples of foods to avoid during acute diverticulitis include: While fiber may help prevent future flare-ups of ...

Young patients were found to have very low mortality rates; however, the recurrence rate of episodes of acute diverticulitis is significantly higher in young patients. There were substantial ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...