Two-stage laparoscopic surgery for incarcerated umbilical Littre’s hernia in severely obese patient: a case report

Abstract Background Littre's hernia containing Meckel's diverticulum is an extremely rare disease. We report an adult case of two-stage laparoscopic surgery for incarceration of Meckel's diverticulum in an umbilical hernia. Case presentation The case involved a 23-year-old, severely o...

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Main Authors: Yu Ariyoshi, Takayuki Suto, Akira Umemura, Hisataka Fujiwara, Shingo Yanari, Noriyuki Uesugi, Tamotsu Sugai, Akira Sasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-01008-3