{"title":"Incidentally Detected Meckel Diverticulum during Cystectomy: An Unhinging Dilemma?","authors":"Manjeet Kumar","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1761468","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Meckel ’ s diverticulum isfound in2% of the population, which makes it the commonest congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. It is diagnosed as an incidental fi nding during surgery for other reasons. It is found 100cm from the ileocecal junction, at the antimesenteric border. Other pre-sentations can be abdominal pain, infection, bleeding from ectopic mucosa, recurrent intestinal obstruction","PeriodicalId":34302,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical Sciences","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1761468","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Meckel ’ s diverticulum isfound in2% of the population, which makes it the commonest congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. It is diagnosed as an incidental fi nding during surgery for other reasons. It is found 100cm from the ileocecal junction, at the antimesenteric border. Other pre-sentations can be abdominal pain, infection, bleeding from ectopic mucosa, recurrent intestinal obstruction