Simultaneous Laparoscopic Hernioplasty in Urgent Pediatric Surgery

Abstract

One of the variants of clinical manifestation of Meckel’s diverticulum in pediatric patients is intestinal intussusception. In this case, the surgical intervention option may be laparoscopic disinvagination and resection of the diverticulum (if the clinic is equipped accordingly) or video-assisted surgery.This article presents a clinical observation of the diagnosis and simultaneous treatment of Meckel’s diverticulitis complicated by small-colonic intussusception and necrosis of the ileum, secondary appendicitis in combination with bilateral inguinal hernia in a 5-year-old girl. The described observation demonstrates the features of the intraoperative picture and surgical treatment, and describes in detail the effective treatment tactics and the course of surgical intervention.The described variant of simultaneous treatment of surgical diseases does not affect the course of the surgical period, and also made it possible to avoid repeated intervention (hernioplasty), reduced the anesthetic load (general anesthesia) and neutralized possible surgical stress.

Keywords

• meckel diverticulitis
• laparoscopy
• hernioplasty
• appendectomy
• intussusception
• anastomosis