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JACK GREENFIELD, M.D.; NATHANIEL E. ROSSETT, M.D.; WALTER H. MENDEL, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1950;60(1):65-74.

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GASTRIC diverticula have been considered comparatively rare lesions.¹ Moses² reviewed the literature on this subject to 1946 and collected only 150 cases. Walters³ reported on 5 patients in 1946 who were treated surgically, 4 by excision and l by inversion of the diverticulum, with relief of symptoms in all. Ferguson and Cameron⁴ in 1947 successfully treated 2 patients by surgical inversion of the sac. Gerwig⁵ described 2 cases of gastric diverticula in diaphragmatic herniations, in l of which resection was performed. Resnick⁶ presented 3 cases, l previously reported and included in Moses' series, in which medical therapy seemed adequate. In 2 the diverticula were visualized gastroscopically without harm to the patient. Because of the paucity of case reports and the unusual surgical approach employed in the removal of the diverticula, 4 cases which were observed at Kennedy Hospital in the period from November 1946 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MEMPHIS, TENN.

From the departments of surgery, gastroenterology and radiology, Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group, Kennedy Hospital.

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Published with permission of the Medical Director, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the authors.

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