Diverticulectomy is inadequate treatment for short Meckel's diverticulum with heterotopic mucosa

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 869-872

  Varcoe, Ramon L ^a,b   Wong, Shing W ^a   Taylor, Claire F ^a   Newstead, Graham L ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterotopic gastric mucosa; Meckel's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC STOMACH MUCOSA; FEMALE; FISTULA; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; NEWBORN; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLVULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8444244511     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03191.x     Document Type: Article

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