Colon diverticulosis is not uncommon in Egypt

Colon diverticulosis is not uncommon in eastern world and in our country as previously believed. In our study there was a significant percent [5%] of that disease in our patients suffering from colonic diseases, sixty percent of them presented with the risky complications of such disease. So early clinical discovery of the disease was associated with safe and curative surgery, with low mortality: while in complicated cases the results were less efficient. This indicates early investigations by barium enema, occult blood, sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy in our patients suffering from colonic troubles