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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sudarshana Datta, MD [2]

Overview

Diagnostic studies such as colonoscopy, double-balloon enteroscopy, laproscopy, laparotomy may help in the detection of symptomatic and asymptomatic Meckel's diverticula. Screenings for bleeding disorders may be performed to rule out other sources of bleeding.

Other Diagnostic Studies

Colonoscopy

  • Colonoscopy may be helpful in ruling out other sources of bleeding but is not used as an identification tool.

Double-balloon enteroscopy

Wireless capsule endoscopy

Laparoscopy and laparotomy

  • Means by which an incidental Meckel's diverticulum is most commonly detected
  • May be a necessary modality to determine the source of bleeding if the results on diagnostic testing are equivocal or in case of hemodynamically unstable patients

Screenings for bleeding disorders

References

  1. Qi S, Huang H, Wei D, Lv C, Yang Y (2015). "Diagnosis and minimally invasive surgical treatment of bleeding Meckel's diverticulum in children using double-balloon enteroscopy". J. Pediatr. Surg. 50 (9): 1610–2. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.05.002. PMID 26059237.
  2. He Q, Zhang YL, Xiao B, Jiang B, Bai Y, Zhi FC (2013). "Double-balloon enteroscopy for diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum: comparison with operative findings and capsule endoscopy". Surgery. 153 (4): 549–54. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2012.09.012. PMID 23305600.

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