title: Laparoscopic resection of an axially torted Meckel's diverticulum in a 13-year-old.
abstract: We report an unusual case of acute abdomen due to axial torsion and infarction of a Meckel's diverticulum in a 13-year-old boy and illustrate the versatility of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and management of acute surgical abdomen in children. We believe that this is only the third case reported in a child of torsion of a Meckel's diverticulum and the first to be managed by laparoscopic resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. trsai@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: T R Sai
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Chan Hon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chui
authors.forename: Anette Sundfor
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D005734:Gangrene / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery