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Appendiceal diverticulum diagnosed after appendectomy: Two case reports and literature review.
Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of General Surgery, Mount Lebanon Hospital University Medical Center, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon.
Introduction: Appendiceal diverticulitis is an uncommon pathology that imitates acute appendicitis and is usually treated by appendicectomy.
Cases Presentation: We present two cases: a 50-year-old female patient and a 35-year-old male patient, both of whom presented with signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis and were managed accordingly. Final pathological examination confirmed the presence of an appendiceal diverticulum.
A union of two rare pathologies: small bowel diverticula perforation secondary to impacted gallstone ileus.
J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sydney Adventist Hospital, 185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales 2076, Australia.
An 84-year-old lady presented with 1 day history of sudden onset generalized abdominal pain, fevers, and peritonism. Computed tomography was suggestive of a mid-small bowel perforation associated with a distal ovoid soft tissue density structure without pneumobilia. An urgent laparotomy demonstrated two areas of jejunal diverticula necrosis and perforation associated with a 3 cm luminal mass in the proximal ileum, and proximal small bowel dilatation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDecreased Duration of Hospital Stays in Uncomplicated Diverticulitis With Initiation of Enteral Feeds Within 24 Hours.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
November 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, HCA Healthcare, MountainView Hospital, 2880 N Tenaya Way, Las Vegas, NV 89128, USA.
Diverticulitis is a complication of a mostly benign condition called diverticulosis. Diverticulitis is a common illness that medical staff see in emergency departments and hospital inpatient services. The thought process behind this study was looking at the treatment of other diseases like pancreatitis or other critical illnesses and the data supporting timing of feeds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIschaemic Meckel's Diverticulum, Mesodiverticular Band, and Small Bowel Volvulus With Closed Loop Obstruction: A Laparoscopic Approach and Literature Review.
Cureus
January 2025
Colorectal Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, Newport, GBR.
Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. It usually lies on the antimesenteric side of the ileum, about 60 cm from the ileocecal valve. Histologically, it is a true diverticulum comprising all four layers of the intestinal tract.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMinimally invasive versus open surgery for colonic diverticular disease: a nationwide analysis of German hospital data.
Tech Coloproctol
January 2025
Epidemiology, IQVIA, 60549, Frankfurt, Germany.
Background: This study aims to evaluate the current rates and outcomes of minimally invasive versus open surgery for colonic diverticular disease in Germany, using a nationwide dataset.
Methods: We analyzed data from 36 hospitals, encompassing approximately 1.25 million hospitalizations from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023.
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