Traumatic Perforation of Meckel’s Diverticulum Following a Bull Gore Injury
831-832
Correspondence
S.R. Telkar, Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgery, SN Medical College and HSK Hospital,
Bagalkot, Karnataka, India - 587101.
Phone: 918354-235400.
E-mail: telkar76@gmail.com
In abdominal trauma following a penetrating and blunt injury, diagnostic laparoscopy can improve the accuracy of the diagnosis and the management. A case has been reported here, of a 55 year old man admitted following a penetrating injury in the abdomen by bull goring, over the left groin. Following diagnostic laparoscopy, a perforation in the Meckel’s diverticulum was found incidentally and it was resected following an open procedure, due to peritoneal contamination and the late presentation of the patient to the hospital. Feeding jejunostomy was done following resection of the Meckel’s diverticulum for proximal drainage and later, for feeding purposes. Diagnostic laparoscopy plays a major role in the diagnosis and the further management of any abdominal injury.