Most common site of bleeding diveicula
Correct Answer: Sigmoid colon
Description: Diveicula most commonly affect the sigmoid colon and are confined to sigmoid colon in approximately 50% of patients with diveiculosis. Segment of sigoid colon is having smallest luminal diameter, and so colonic pressure as high as 90mm Hg can be generated. Reference : Sabiston, Textbook of Suregery, 19th Edition, page no = 1310.
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