Uncomplicated diverticulosis is not linked to increased abdominal pain or altered bowel habits, finds a Swedish cohort study.

Doctors classify diverticulitis as uncomplicated or complicated. Complicated diverticulitis includes additional health complications, such as abscesses, compared to uncomplicated diverticulitis.

uncomplicated acute diverticulitis. As such, not all cases require antibiotics. The guidelines call for antibiotic use in other situations, such as people with certain lab indicators of infection ...

There are two different kinds of diverticulitis, complicated and uncomplicated. Uncomplicated diverticulitis occurs when the diverticula become inflamed, and a lot of patients will experience pain ...

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 ...