Laparoscopic Treatment of an Incarcerated Meckel’s Diverticulum in a Femoral Hernia

Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the persistence of the omphalomesenteric duct. It is usually asymptomatic but may present with bleeding, infections, and intestinal obstruction. It also may be a content of a hernia sac, a so-called Littre hernia. Herein, we will present the case of a 75-year-old female...

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Main Authors: Christoph Paasch, Gianluca De Santo, Peter Look, Katherina Boettge, Michael Hünerbein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3140706
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