Meckel's Diverticulum: Should it be Excised Prophylactically in Service Personnel?
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Meckel's diverticulum: should it be excised prophylactically in service personnel?
In a four month period in 1992 at a small military wing of a civilian hospital three Meckel's Diverticulae were removed from patients suspected of having complications in their vermiform appendix. One of the diverticulae was inflamed and was the cause of the symptoms. The second was a symptomatic but it and the appendix showed transmural granulomatous inflammation caused by infection with Yersi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0035-8665,2052-0468
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-140-01-10