| Literature DB >> 12491052 |
D Franzen1, T Gürtler, U Metzger.
Abstract
Jejunal diverticulitis is a very rare cause of acute abdomen. The treatment of choice in acute perforated jejunal diverticulitis is intestinal resection with primary anastomosis of the affected area. Data on long-term results, postoperative complications and the nature of this illness is limited. To our knowledge, a recurrent perforated jejunal diverticulitis has never have been reported in the literature. In this case,we present a patient who suffered from a recurrence of perforated jejunal diverticulitis 13 weeks after the initial intestinal resection. After the second intestinal resection (due to the recurrent infection), the patient suffered from a third period of jejunal diverticulitis.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12491052 DOI: 10.1007/s00104-002-0538-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chirurg ISSN: 0009-4722 Impact factor: 0.955