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. 2023 Dec 18:10:1327545.
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1327545. eCollection 2023.

Meckel's diverticulum: analysis of 27 cases in an adult population

Juan David Hernández  1   2 , Gustavo Valencia  1 , Felipe Girón  1   2 , Andrés Mauricio García Sierra  2   3 , Ricardo E Núñez-Rocha  2 , Lina M Rodríguez  2 , Carlos Eduardo Rey Chaves  4 , Eduardo Emilio Londoño  1   2 , Ricardo Nassar  1   2
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Meckel's diverticulum: analysis of 27 cases in an adult population

Juan David Hernández et al. Front Surg. .

Abstract

Background: Meckel's diverticulum is a rare congenital pathology among newborns. Nevertheless, it is an uncommon abdominal pathology in the adult population. Therefore, we aim to provide a detailed account of our surgical approach in treating 27 cases of Meckel's diverticulum.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional analysis that utilized a database with prospectively collected data from 2004 to 2022. All patients under the age of 18 were excluded from the population. We described the population's demographic characteristics, symptoms, anatomopathological study, surgical technique, complications, morbidity, and mortality. A subgroup analysis was performed between the symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.

Results: A total of 27 patients who underwent surgical resection for a posteriorly diagnosed Meckel's diverticulum were included. The male population accounted for 81.4% (n = 22) of the sample size. The symptomatic group consisted of 18 male and four female patients. Abdominal pain was the predominant symptom in 85% of the patients. Out of the 22 symptomatic patients, only 9% had a positive perioperative diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum. All 27 patients with diverticulum diagnosis received the resection through diverticulectomy (n = 6), small bowel resection with end-to-end anastomosis (n = 6), and small bowel resection with lateral to lateral anastomosis (n = 15). The mean distance between the diverticulum and the ileocecal valve was 63.4 cm. The symptomatic group had an average diverticulum length of 3.54 cm, with an average base width of 2.47 cm. In the other group, the values were 2.75 and 1.61 cm. The average length of hospital stay in the symptomatic group was 7.3 days.

Conclusions: Meckel's diverticulum is a rare pathology in the adult population. Its presentation varies from asymptomatic to symptomatic patients, and surgery is the cornerstone treatment for this pathology.

Keywords: Latin America; Meckel's diverticulum; diagnosis; laparoscopy; surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Number of patients according to age and symptomatic vs. asymptomatic Meckel's diverticulum.
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Flowchart of the method.
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