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Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing Ileal Volvulus and Peritonitis after a Recent Appendectomy: Case Report and Review of Literature – Should We Resect an Incidental One?

2023-09-18

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Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract with a 1-3% prevalence in general population. The surgical management of symptomatic MD is well described in the literature, but there is still no consensus on the indication for prophylactic resection of incidental asymptomatic MD. To address this issue, we extensively reviewed the current literature and report our expe...

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Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments

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Literature Corpus work: 326c1fb1-9f30-5693-bcdd-1ff31587d53d
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202309.1185.v1

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