title: [Laparoscopic treatment of small bowel obstruction with intussusception, volvulus and appendicitis caused by an inflammatory Meckel's diverticulum].
abstract: Indications and contraindications for diagnostic laparoscopy in cases of intestinal obstructions are discussed in connection with a 16-year-old patient's case report with small bowel obstruction including intussusception, volvulus and appendicitis caused by an inflammatory Meckel's diverticulum. The use of diagnostic laparoscopy in cases of intestinal obstructions is controversial. In the described case we performed completely laparoscopically the derevolving and desusception of the volvulus and intussusception, the appendectomy and resection of the diverticulum. The procedure itself and the postoperative course were uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Chirurgie, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steffen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Scharlau
authors.forename: H-D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Czarnetzki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography