Meckel’s Diverticulum, Presentation and its Management at Basaveshwara Teaching and General Hospital
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 12
Abstract
Meckel’s Diverticulum has an estimated prevalence of 1.2% of the population. Most cases are asymptomatic and the diagnosis is often made intra-operatively. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice in patients with symptomatic Meckel’s Diverticulum or in cases of complication such as obstruction, bleeding or Meckel’s diverticulitis.Some of the presentations may be in the form of ulceration, haemorrhage, intussusception, intestinal obstruction, perforation and very rarely, vesicodiverticular fistulae and tumours. However, the management of asymptomatic incidentally discovered Meckel’s Diverticulum has been more controversial.We are presenting a study of five cases of Meckel’s diverticulum with varied presentations during a span of 1 year in our institution of which three case presented as intestinal obstruction, one as obstructed hernia ( Littre’s hernia) and one as acute appendicitis. Keywords:Meckel’s Diverticulum, Littre’s Hernia, intussusception.
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Dr Nitin Kalaskar, Dr Puneeth Thalasta
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