Laparoscopic management of Meckel's diverticulum in children
| Autor: | Abdelhady Samaha, M. Fawy, Rafik Shalaby, S. M. Soliman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain medicine.medical_treatment Colonoscopy Choristoma Intussusception (medical disorder) Laparotomy medicine Appendectomy Humans Endoscopy Digestive System Child Laparoscopy Incidental Findings Meckel's diverticulum medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Anastomosis Surgical Rectum Nausea General Medicine Diverticulitis medicine.disease Abdominal Pain Surgery Endoscopy Meckel Diverticulum Treatment Outcome Gastric Mucosa Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Feasibility Studies Female Radiology medicine.symptom Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 40:562-567 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3468 |
| Popis: | Background Rectal bleeding, recurrent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting in children could present a diagnostic as well as therapeutic challenge. Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is one of the causes. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the feasibility and outcome of laparoscopic management of MD. Methods The clinical data of 33 children admitted with rectal bleeding and/or recurrent abdominal pain with no identifiable cause were reviewed over a period of 8 years. There were 23 boys and 10 girls with a mean age of 5.12 ± 2 years (range, 3-12 years). In 21 cases, MD was an incidental finding on laparoscopic appendectomy and symptomatic in 12 cases. Patients with rectal bleeding were subjected to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy; colonoscopy, and technetium Tc 99m–labeled pertechnetate scan (MS). All patients were subjected to routine laboratory investigations and diagnostic laparoscopy. Results Of the 1200 appendectomies, incidental MD was found in 21 (1.9%) patients and symptomatic in 12 cases. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy did not show a bleeding source in 7 patients presented with bleeding per rectum. Four cases showed a positive MS uptake. Of these, 3 were found on laparoscopy to have an MD. Three cases showed a negative scan. Of these, 2 had an MD. In 5 cases with recurrent abdominal pain nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distention, diagnostic laparoscopy revealed Meckel's diverticulitis in 3 cases and intussusception secondary to MD in 1 case. Laparoscopic Meckel's diverticulectomy and laparoscopic-assisted Meckel's diverticulectomy was done for 18 and 12 cases, respectively. Ectopic gastric mucosa was present in 13 cases (44%). Conclusions Laparoscopy is safe, cost-effective, and efficient for the diagnosis and definitive treatment of MD. Compared with conventional laparotomy, it has the advantage of precise operative diagnosis, less traumatic access, fewer intraoperative and postoperative complications, and shorter recovery period. |
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