Laparoscopic Segmental Small Bowel Resection for Meckel's Diverticulitis with Volvulus

Shireesh Saurabh, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-5554
Year Produced: 2018
Length: 12 min.


A 35 year old male presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain of 3 day duration. His vitals and labs were within normal limits. CT scan showed Meckel's diverticulitis with volvulus of the diverticulum. He was taken to the operating room for diagnostic laparoscopy. He was found to have a 10 cm dilated meckel's diverticulum arising from the anti-anti-mesentric border of the ileum. It was attached to the anterior abdominal wall around umbilical region. The base of the diverticulum was inflamed and thickened. It was managed with laparoscopic segmental small bowel resection with primary anastomosis. The specimen was extracted through the 12 mm port site. The pathology showed Meckel's diverticulitis with no gastric or pancreatic mucosa. His postoperative course was uneventful and he was discharged to home on postoperative day 3. On his 2 week follow up he had no symptoms.