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Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Meckel's Diverticulum Entrapped behind Transperitoneal Sigmoid Colostomy: A Case Report. [PDF]

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Nakagama H   +6 more
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Meckel's diverticulum

The American Journal of Surgery, 1948
Abstract Fifty cases of Meckel's diverticulum are presented and analyzed. The literature is consulted for comparison of this series with the series of other authors. The embryologic background is briefly given. The authors' experience in dealing with these patients is summarized and suggestions are made for improvement in diagnosis and treatment.
A V, MIGLIACCIO, C, BEGG
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Meckel's diverticulum

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1988
Meckel's diverticulum is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. Often this is related to the delay in diagnosis. Based on a US population of 200 million people and a 2% incidence, there are 4 million Meckel's diverticula present waiting to cause symptoms.
C K, Brown, J S, Olshaker
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Meckel's Diverticulum

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2001
Historical background The first description of a diverticulum of the small intestine is attributed to Fabricius Hildanus in 1598. In 1742, a small bowel diverticulum strangulated in an inguinal hernia was reported by Littre. In 1809, the German comparative anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel the Younger first published his observations on anatomy and ...
E K, Yahchouchy   +3 more
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Meckel's diverticulum: A review

Clinical Anatomy, 2011
AbstractMeckel's diverticulum is the most prevalent congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. This anomaly is due to the incomplete obliteration ofthe omphalomesenteric duct during the 7th week of gestation and is classically located 2 feet proximal to the ileocecal valve.
Kiranjit, Uppal   +4 more
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Meckel's Diverticulum

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1972
An occasional out-pouching of the small intestine is universally referred to as a Meckel's diverticulum, after Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833), sometimes called Meckel "the younger." However, the diverticulum was not first described by that distinguished Prussian anatomist.
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Leiomyoma of Meckel's diverticulum

Medical Journal of Australia, 1986
Meckel's diverticulum is a common developmental abnormality of the midgut which may present clinically because of complications. This report describes an unusual clinical presentation of a patient with a large leiomyoma of a Meckel's diverticulum.
S L, Blamey, S D, Woods
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Meckel's diverticulum

The American Journal of Surgery, 1956
Summary A case is presented of Meckel's diverticulum causing symptoms of three years' duration before severity of the clinical course led to laparotomy and diagnosis. Meckel's diverticulitis occurs often enough to be considered in the differential diagnosis of the patient with abdominal symptomatology.
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Diseases of Meckel's Diverticulum

Archives of Surgery, 1965
Introduction ALTHOUGH the existence of the diverticulum of the small intestine was known from the 16th century, Johann Frederich Meckel, a German anatomist and surgeon in 1812, first described the embryology and morphology of the diverticulum which now bears his name.
O P, TANEJA, S, TANEJA
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