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Laparoscopy and complicated meckel diverticulum in children. [PDF]

JSLS, 2014
Background and Objectives: Meckel diverticulum can present with a variety of complications but is often found incidentally during other surgical procedures. The role of laparoscopy in the management of Meckel diverticulum is established.
Alemayehu H, Stringel G, Lo IJ, Golden J, Pandya S, McBride W, Muensterer O.   +6 more
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Laparoscopic resection of complicated Meckel`s diverticulum: report of two cases [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Meckel`s diverticulum is a true congenital diverticulum of a small intestine. It is remnant of the omphaloenteric duct and positioned at about 50-100 cm proximal to ileocecal valve on an antimesenteric border of ileum.
Bakula, Branko, Grbavac, Martin, Palcek, Sasa, Pazur, Goran, Sever, Marko, Simovic, Iva, Soldo, Anamaria, Soldo, Ivo, Stojcic, Lucija   +8 more
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Bleeding Meckel’s diverticulum in a 4-month-old infant: Treatment with laparoscopic diverticulectomy. A case report and review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2009
J Rainer Poley1, Thomas E Thielen2, Jeffrey C Pence31Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; 2Resident in Pediatrics; 3Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Surgery,
J Rainer Poley, Thomas E Thielen, Jeffrey C Pence   +2 more
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Intussusception caused by an inverted Meckel diverticulum: a rare cause of small bowel obstruction in adults [PDF]

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2011
Adult intussusception due to Meckel s diverticulum is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction. However, the surgeon should still be suspicious of this condition since the non specific symptoms and the rarity of it make a preoperative diagnosis ...
Mahdi Bouassida, Bilel Feidi, Mechaal Ben Ali, Mohamed Fadhel Chtourou, Marouene Krifa, Selim Sassi, Fathi Chebbi, Mohamed Mongi Mighri, Hassen Touinsi, Sadok Sassi   +9 more
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Torsion and inflammation of Meckel's diverticulum: Rare cause of acute abdominal pain [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017
Meckel's diverticulum is a remnant of the embryologic vitelline duct. It was named after its anatomical and embryological description, in the early 19th century, by Johann Meckel.
Sofia Morão, Maria Knoblich, Fátima Alves, Rui Alves, João Pascoal   +4 more
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Meckel Diverticulum Causing Intestinal Volvulus [PDF]

Case Reports in Surgery, 2020
Intestinal volvulus is rare and responsible for upper bowel obstruction. They occur more frequently in a patient with abdominal surgery history. We report a case of small intestine volvulus on Meckel diverticulum, which occurred in a 21-year-old patient,
Liviu Musteata, Raouf Fayisall Geraldo, Hugues Ndasu Matendo, Aurélie Reitz, Valériu Krasovski, Valentin Nitu, Thierry Gastaud, Fabrice Cattan   +7 more
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Laparoscopic approach to symptomatic meckel diverticulum in adults. [PDF]

JSLS, 2014
Background: Meckel diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital gastrointestinal malformation found in approximately 2% of the general population. MD manifests in adults as gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel obstruction, intussusception, or perforation ...
Hosn MA, Lakis M, Faraj W, Khoury G, Diba S.   +4 more
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Fish Bone Causing Perforation of the Intestine and Meckel’s Diverticulum

Case Reports in Surgery, 2020
Perforation of small bowel due to ingested fish bone is rare, the most common site is ileum and occasionally, it can involve the appendix and/or Meckel diverticulum.
Fakhar Shahid, Samir Omer Abdalla, Tamer Elbakary, Ahmad Elfaki, Syed Muhammad Ali   +4 more
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Wandering Meckel\u27s diverticulum on 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy: A diagnostic dilemma? [PDF]

, 2014
Meckel\u27s diverticulum (MD) is the most common gastrointestinal anomaly with heterotopic mucosa in 60% of cases. 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy is a sensitive tool for detection of MD containing heterotopic gastric mucosa.
Fink, Hoelzel, Levy, Matsagas, Mittal, Oglevie, Poulsen, Satya, Wu   +8 more
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Clinical diagnostic predictive score for Meckel diverticulum. [PDF]

J Pediatr Surg, 2021
Jaramillo C, Jensen MK, McClain A, Stoddard G, Barnhart D, Ermarth AK.   +5 more
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