When to resect and when not to resect an asymptomatic Meckel's diverticulum: An ongoing challenge

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Önen, Abdlurrahman ^a   Çiǧdem, Murat Kemal ^a   Öztürk, Hayrettin ^a   Otçu, Selçuk ^a   Dokucu, Ali Ihsan ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Childhood; Meckel's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGE; CHILD; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VOLVULUS;

EID: 0037503748     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0850-z     Document Type: Review

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