Intraoperative Diagnosis and Treatment of a Littre’s Hernia Without Incarceration in a Child
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Intraoperative Diagnosis and Treatment of a Littre’s Hernia Without Incarceration in a Child

Acta Haematol Oncol Turc 2007;40(1):41-43
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Abstract

Littre's hernia is characterized by Meckel’s diverticulum in a hernia sac located in one of the inguinal, umbilical, femoral, ven-trai, sciatic and lumbar regions. Littre’s hernia defined within inguinal hernia is a rare entity and defining an inguinal Littre’s hernia without incarceration is the rarest. The majör problem in the subject is defining the treatment when this rarest situation is diagnosed during the operation. \A/e performed segmentai ileum resection and discharged the patient in the postoperative third day. İn this report defined this rare formation and discussed our way of treatment in the light of the literatüre.

Keywords: Meckel’s diverticulum, inguinal hernia, Littre’s hernia.