%0 Journal Article %T Divert¨ªculo de Meckel complicado: An¨¢lisis de 66 pacientes %A V¨¢zquez Merayo %A Enrique Jos¨¦ %A Garc¨ªa Gonz¨¢lez %A Luis Antonio %A V¨¢zquez Mart¨ªnez %A Yovani E. %A de la Rosa Rodr¨ªguez %A Randolph %J Revista Cubana de Pediatr£¿-a %D 2003 %I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X a study of 66 pediatric patients operated on from complicated meckel¡äs diverticulum in university pediatric hospitals ""william soler" (15 years), "pedro borr¨¢s" (15 years) and centro habana/10 years) was carried out. the highest incidence was in the 0-2y age group with 25 patients for 37,9 %. males were predominant with 71,2 %. diverticulitis was the most frequent complication in 48,5 % of cases. heterotopy was found in 33,3 % of cases and the highest incidence corresponded to the gastric one. forty five patients (68,2 %) were performed resection and termino-terminal anastomosis. the most frequent complication was surgical wound sepsis. %K meckesls diverticulum [surgery] %K intraoperative complications %K diverticulitis [congenital] %K abnormalities %K infant. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-75312003000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en