Fish Bone Causing Perforation of the Intestine and Meckel’s Diverticulum

Table 1

Summarizes the presentation of all the cases.

Case no.	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sex and age	29 M	32 M	48 M	24 M	45 M	42 M
Clinical features
Pain duration	1 day	3 days	1 day	3 days	4 days	2 days
Localization of pain	1	1	1	1	1	1
CRP	20	98	143	27	Not done	12
WBC	15000	12000	9000	11000	12000	14000
CT findings						CT not done
Abscess	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thickened ileal loop	0	1	1	1	0	0
Fatty infiltration	0	0	1	1	1	0
Localized pneumoperitoneum	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peritoneal effusion	0	0	0	1	0	0
Calcified foreign body	1	1	0	1	0	0
Treatment	DL	DL	DL+LA	DL	OA	OA
Site of perforation (intraoperative)	Ileum	Ileum	Ileum	Ileum	Meckel’s	Meckel’s
Bowel resection	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

DL: diagnostic laparoscopy; AO: open appendectomy; LA: laparoscopic appendectomy; retrospective; Yes: 1, No: 0.