Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy

Meckel′s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The diagnosis of symptomatic MD has been cumbersome. Several case reports been published regarding direct visualization of MD with double balloon enteroscopy (DBE); diagnosing a bleeding MD leading t...

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Autores principales: Snorri Olafsson, Julie T Yang, Christian S Jackson, Mohamad Barakat, Simon Lo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ae28195545b84941890d070eafffb5a22021-12-02T16:38:06ZBleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.99166https://doaj.org/article/ae28195545b84941890d070eafffb5a22012-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.99166https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Meckel′s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The diagnosis of symptomatic MD has been cumbersome. Several case reports been published regarding direct visualization of MD with double balloon enteroscopy (DBE); diagnosing a bleeding MD leading to surgical resection. We report the use of DBE for the treatment of a bleeding MD.Snorri OlafssonJulie T YangChristian S JacksonMohamad BarakatSimon LoThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articleballoonbleedingdoubleendoscopymeckel′sMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 02, Iss 02, Pp 48-50 (2012)
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Snorri Olafsson
Julie T Yang
Christian S Jackson
Mohamad Barakat
Simon Lo
Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy
description Meckel′s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The diagnosis of symptomatic MD has been cumbersome. Several case reports been published regarding direct visualization of MD with double balloon enteroscopy (DBE); diagnosing a bleeding MD leading to surgical resection. We report the use of DBE for the treatment of a bleeding MD.
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author Snorri Olafsson
Julie T Yang
Christian S Jackson
Mohamad Barakat
Simon Lo
author_facet Snorri Olafsson
Julie T Yang
Christian S Jackson
Mohamad Barakat
Simon Lo
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title Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy
title_short Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy
title_full Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy
title_fullStr Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy
title_sort bleeding meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate 2012
url https://doaj.org/article/ae28195545b84941890d070eafffb5a2
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