Does intake of dietary procyanidins contribute to the pool of circulating flavanols in humans?
These outcomes show that dietary procyanidins do not contribute to the systemic pool of flavanols in humans. Thus, these data reject the notion that procyanidins, through their breakdown into flavanols and subsequent absorption, causally modulate vascular function.
This series shows that when surgical treatment for complicated diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon is necessary, the Hartmann procedure is still a valid indication. In a high percentage of patients the Hartmann procedure could be restored with a low mortality.