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MECKEL’S DIVERTICULUM IN CHILDREN: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE

Çocuklarda Meckel Divertikülleri: Tek Merkez Deneyimi

Ahmet Ertürk(Ankara City Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Clinic, Ankara)0000-0003-0286-362X
Sabri Demir(Ankara City Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Clinic)0000-0003-4720-912X
Can İhsan Öztorun(Ankara Yıldırım Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine)0000-0002-5408-2772
Elif Erten(Ankara City Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Clinic)0000-0002-3666-295X
Doğuş Güney(Ankara Yıldırım Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine)0000-0001-7168-2123
Süleyman Arif Bostancı(Ankara City Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Clinic)0000-0002-7512-3895
Fahrı Akkaya(Ankara City Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Clinic)0000-0002-1372-0213
Müjdem Nur Azılı(Ankara Yıldırım Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine)0000-0002-5137-7209
Fatih Akbıyık(Ankara City Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Clinic)0000-0002-2194-5041
Emrah Şenel(Ankara Yıldırım Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine)0000-0002-0383-4559
Pages
373–381
Publication Date
2022-08-31
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Objective: We aimed to investigate the epidemiological and characteristic features of patients with Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) treated in our clinic and share our experiences.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: We aimed to investigate the epidemiological and characteristic features of patients with Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) treated in our clinic and share our experiences.
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Key Findings & Data:Objective: We aimed to investigate the epidemiological and characteristic features of patients with Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) treated in our clinic and share our experiences.
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Conclusion & Impact:Objective: We aimed to investigate the epidemiological and characteristic features of patients with Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) treated in our clinic and share our experiences.
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⚙️Variables:Meckel divertikülü · çocuklar · divertikülektomi

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Objective: We aimed to investigate the epidemiological and characteristic features of patients with Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) treated in our clinic and share our experiences.

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Amaç: Meckel divertikülü (MD) gastrointestinal kanalın en sık görülen konjenital anomalisidir. Çalışmamızın amacı MD hastalarımızın epidemiyolojik ve karakteristik özelliklerini araştırmak ve konuyla ilgili tecrübelerimizi paylaşmaktır.

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Ertürk, A., Demir, S., Öztorun, C. İ., Erten, E., Güney, D., Bostancı, S. A., Akkaya, F., Azılı, M. N., Akbıyık, F., Şenel, E. (2022). MECKEL’S DIVERTICULUM IN CHILDREN: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE. Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 2, 373–381. https://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.1112722

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