Spontaneous perforation of Meckel’s diverticulum in an adult female with literature review

Surgical Case Reports

Table 2 Resection recommendations for incidental findings

Citation	Date of study	Number of patients	Estimated lifetime risk of complications (%)	Recommendations
Soltero et al. [8]	1976	202	4*	Do not resect
Cullen et al. [7]	1994	58	6.4	resect
Zani et al. [23]	2008	+	4	Do not resect
Park et al. [16]	2005	1476	16**	Selective resection

*This risk decreases to 0% by the age of 76
**This percentage is number of symptomatic patients
+This study involved a systematic review of the literature and various population-based data