Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Axial Torsion of Meckel's Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is a commonly encountered congenital gastrointestinal abnormality. Although the frequency of MD-related complications such as inflammation or bleeding is relatively high, small bowel obstruction induced by axial torsion of the MD is rare. Therefore, we herein report s...

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Published in:	Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 12; p. e50934
Main Authors:	Kawai, Hironari, Omura, Nobuo, Hirabayashi, Tsuyoshi, Shimada, Tetsuya, Kawahara, Hidejiro
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Cureus Inc 22-12-2023 Cureus
Subjects:	Abdomen Abscesses Appendicitis Ascites Blood Case reports Dissection Females Gastroenterology General Surgery Hernias Intestinal obstruction Laparotomy Leukocytes Nausea Pain Patients Small intestine Surgery Tomography Veins & arteries Vomiting internal hernia long intestinal tube nasogastric tube (ngt) meckel’s diverticulum mesodiverticular band
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