Abstract |
Small-intestinal nonmeckelian diverticula are very uncommon and are considered to be acquired pulsion diverticula. Most of these diverticula are asymptomatic and are simply incidental findings. Complicated-acquired diverticular disease of the jejunum and ileum is a diagnostic dilemma. Small-bowel diverticulum is diagnosed with the aid of radiography techniques, such as small-bowel contrast series or enteroclysis. Laparotomy remains the gold standard for a definite diagnosis of asymptomatic and complicated diverticula, but laparoscopy is also very useful in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. A surgical approach is the best form of treatment for complicated jejunoileal diverticula. The current report is about a patient who presented with iron deficiency anemia caused by a complicated jejunal diverticulum and managed with single- trocar transumbilical laparoscopy.
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Authors | Michail Pitiakoudis, Sotirios Botaitis, Konstantinos Romanidis, Dimitrios Charalampidis, Alexandros Polychronides, Constantinos Simopoulos |
Journal | Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques
(Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech)
Vol. 23
Issue 2
Pg. e78-80
(Apr 2013)
ISSN: 1534-4908 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23579535
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Anemia
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Diverticulum
(complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Endoscopes
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
(diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
- Humans
- Jejunal Diseases
(complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery
(methods)
- Risk Assessment
- Severity of Illness Index
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
(methods)
- Treatment Outcome
- Umbilicus
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