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Laparoscopic Treatment of a Patient with Perforated Jejunal Diverticulitis

Francisco Buils1,2*
1Department of General and Digestive Surgery. Sant Joan University Hospital, Spain
2Rovira I Virgili University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Surgery Unit,  Spain

Citation: Buils F (2021) Laparoscopic Treatment of a Patient with Perforated Jejunal Diverticulitis. SciTech Biomed-Pharma Sciences 2021. 

Received: July 26, 2021         Accepted: July 28, 2021         Published: July 28, 2021

Abstract

Jejunal diverticular disease is a rare but important clinical entity. Jejunal diverticula usually remain asymptomatic in 60-70% of cases and cause symptoms or surgical complications in 10-19%. Perforation of a jejunal diverticulum is infrequent and treatment has traditionally been exploratory laparotomy, with resection of the affected intestinal segment. However, the laparoscopic approach can be a good alternative in these cases, providing the known advantages of this type of surgery. We present the case of a 75-year-old man who manifested himself as an acute abdomen and who was diagnosed and treated for a jejunal diverticulum perforation by laparoscopic surgery, with good results.
 

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