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Table 1. Six reports of Littre’s hernia

From: Two-stage laparoscopic surgery for incarcerated umbilical Littre’s hernia in severely obese patient: a case report

Author

Year

Age

Sex

Condition of Meckel's diverticulum

Diameter of hernial orifice

Surgical approach

Method of diverticulum excision

Method of hernia repair

Postoperative complications

Castleden [4]

1970

61

F

Damaged

N/A

Open

Wedge resection

Interrupted non-absorbable sutures

none

Tiu et al. [5]

2006

55

F

Dusky, discolored, non-perforated

N/A

Open

Partial resection of small bowel

Interrupted prolene sutures and reinforced with onlay prolene mesh

N/A

Sengul et al. [6]

2010

42

F

Discolored to grayish-black

3 cm

Open

Partial resection of small bowel

Herniorrhaphy

none

Kurnicki et al. [7]

2011

22

M

N/A

N/A

Open

N/A

Herniorrhaphy

none

Kibil et al. [8]

2012

35

M

Meckel's diverticulum adherent to hernia neck during dissection process, diverticulum was injured

3 cm

Open

Wedge resection

Onlay synthetic mesh prothesis(polypropylene mesh)

superficial surgical site infection

Cikman et al. [9]

2015

40

M

Fistula between Meckel's diverticulum and umbilicus

N/A

Open

Diverticulectomy

N/A

N/A

  1. N/A not available, M male, F female, Open open laparotomy