Background: Meckels diverticulum is the most common congenital malformation of the gastrointestinal tract and occurs secondary to persistence of congenital vitellointestinal duct. The present study was conducted to assess the clinical presentation of Mckel’s diverticulum among pediatric and adult cases in a tertiary healthcare institute.
Materials and methods: It was a observational study conducted among 54 cases of meckels diverticulum were reviewed retrospectively, under department of general surgery in KIMS, Karad.
Results: 54pediatric patients and 21 adult patients became symptomatic because of complication of MD.The complications of symptomatic MD (n = 75) included intestinal hemorrhage (n = 21), inflammation (n = 29), and intestinal obstruction (n= 25). The causes of intestinal obstruction were adhesion ileus (n = 8), bowel torsion (n= 6), and intussusceptions (n= 12).
Conclusions: Intestinal hemorrhage occurred more frequently in the pediatricpopulation and in cases of MD that contained ectopicgastric mucosa.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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