Large Enterolith in a Meckels Diverticulum Causing Perforation and Bowel Obstruction: An Interesting Case with Review of Literature
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Meckel's diverticulum causing mechanical small bowel obstruction.
W read the article by Dumper and colleagues with interest, and we would like to add to their series by describing the phenomenon of small bowel obstruction secondary to an adhesion from the distal end of a Meckel’s diverticulum. The adhesion formed a band that trapped a loop of ileum. The case in question involved a fit gentleman, aged 33 years, who had received a few blows to the abdomen durin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0972-2068,0973-9793
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-012-0558-9