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• TITLE: Three Inverted Meckel’s Diverticula Cases with Ileus Diagnosed Preoperatively and Treated Laparoscopically

  AUTHORS: Kazuya Naritomi, Yuya Tanaka, Hiroki Ureshino, Yoshihiro Uchino, Motohisa Kuwahara, Yuhei Kitazato, Masahiro Kawabata, Masae Mano

  KEYWORDS: Meckel’s Diverticulum, Ileus, Preoperative Diagnosis, Laparoscopic Surgery

  JOURNAL NAME: Surgical Science, Vol.7 No.2, February 16, 2016

  ABSTRACT: We have experienced three inverted Meckel’s diverticula with ileus that are diagnosed before surgery and treated with laparoscopic surgery. The patients were 22, 26, and 29 years of age. The history of ileus for each patient differed, being the first experience for one patient, the second for another, and the third experience for the remaining patient. None of these patients had a history of abdominal surgery. Conservative therapy eventually improved the existing symptoms, but the cause of past ileus remained unclear. Elective surgery was performed 12 days from the onset of symptoms on two of the patients after improving the ileus by inserting a long tube into the bowel. Emergency surgery was performed on the same day of admission on the remaining case that involved moderate expansion of intestine. In these patients, the first trocar was inserted into the umbilicus region. Laparoscopic surgery was then performed with three trocars. The patients were discharged upon favorable outcome after surgery. No recurrence of ileus was noted post-surgery. Laparoscopy was useful both to diagnose and treat ileus of a Meckel’s diverticulum.