Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 4 , Pages 1198-1205, April 2009

A Population-Based Study of Perforated Diverticular Disease Incidence and Associated Mortality

  • David J. Humes

      Affiliations

    • Wolfson Digestive Disease Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: David Humes, Royal College of Surgeons and Research into Ageing Research Fellow, Wolfson Digestive Disease Centre, QMC Campus, C Floor, South Block, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Derby Road Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom. fax: (11) 5823 1160
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  • Masoud Solaymani–Dodaran

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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  • Kate M. Fleming

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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  • John Simpson

      Affiliations

    • Wolfson Digestive Disease Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham
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  • Robin C. Spiller

      Affiliations

    • Wolfson Digestive Disease Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham
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  • Joe West

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Received 12 May 2008; accepted 11 December 2008. published online 29 December 2008.

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    •  Conflicts of Interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

     Funding Supported by a Research Fellowship from The Royal College of Surgeons of England and Research into Ageing (to D.J.H.), by a National Institute of Health Research/Department of Health Clinician Scientist Fellowship (to J.W. and K.F.), the Medical Research Council scheme for academic use of GPRD data for the data set, and by the Mason Medical Foundation and the University of Nottingham Institute of Clinical Research for the validation study.

    PII: S0016-5085(08)02312-3

    doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.054

    Gastroenterology
    Volume 136, Issue 4 , Pages 1198-1205, April 2009