title: What Johann Friedrich Meckel did not think of when he named the diverticulum!
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karangelis
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Tagarakis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drakos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giaglaras
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004766:Enterostomy; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome