Ultrasound-guided transrectal drainage of deep pelvic abscesses in children: a modified and simplified technique.

Background: Appendicitis is a common cause of acute surgical abdomen in children and often presents after perforation. Intra-abdominal abscesses can be drained percutaneously via transabdominal, transgluteal or, in the case of deep pelvis abscess, via transrectal approach.

Objective: To describe a modification of previously described techniques for transrectal drainage procedures, which involves the use of a transvaginal probe and a modified enema tip as a guide for the one-step trocar technique.

Bleeding Meckel's diverticulum in a 4-month-old infant: Treatment with laparoscopic diverticulectomy. A case report and review of the literature.

A bleeding Meckel's diverticulum is presented in a 4-month-old African American infant. This event is rare at this age, and our patient is only the second 4-month-old infant reported in the English literature. The infant presented with painless frank rectal bleeding, the blood being maroon-colored, and clots were found in the diaper.