MECKEL'S DIVERTICULITIS: A CASE FROM URGENT SURGERY. CLINICAL CASE
https://doi.org/10.38181/2223-2427-2021-3-50-54
Abstract
Background. Meckel's diverticulum is an ileal diverticulum, formed as a result of incomplete reduction of the yolk duct, occurs on average in 2% of the population. Up to 25% of cases of this pathology are symptomatic or have complications (up to 16%), while more often it manifests in children under 2 years of age. Destructive diverticulitis is the least common complication of Meckel's diverticulum, requiring urgent surgical intervention.
Clinical case. A 28-year-old patient with a clinical picture of acute appendicitis came to the emergency room. Intraoperatively, destructive diverticulitis and widespread fibrinous-purulent peritonitis were identified. Conversion to a laparotomic approach and expansion of the volume of the main stage of the operation to appendectomy, segmental resection of the ileum were performed. The postoperative period was uneventful. The patient received complex conservative therapy, was discharged on the 10th day in a satisfactory condition.
Conclusion. Destructive diverticulitis requires the surgeon to be vigilant in conducting a diagnostic search in the clinical picture of acute appendicitis in adult patients. If a correct intraoperative diagnosis is established, a radical and least traumatic operation should be selected from a rational approach (if necessary, it should be converted to a laparotomic one). It is necessary to emphasize the importance of an individual approach in choosing intraoperative tactics and planning perioperative complex therapy
About the Author
E. A. Studenova
Private Institution of Healthcare «Russian Railways Medicine Clinical Hospital N.A. Semashko»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Studenova – Outpatient department
Stavropolskaya st., 23/1, 109386, Moscow
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Studenova E.A. MECKEL'S DIVERTICULITIS: A CASE FROM URGENT SURGERY. CLINICAL CASE. Surgical practice (Russia). 2021;(3):50-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.38181/2223-2427-2021-3-50-54
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