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Surgical treatment consists of a resection of the affected portion of the bowel.^[1]^[1]^[2]^[3]^[1]^[4]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Zani A, Eaton S, Rees CM, Pierro A (2008). "Incidentally detected Meckel diverticulum: to resect or not to resect?". Ann. Surg. 247 (2): 276–81. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815aaaf8. PMID 18216533.
↑ Park JJ, Wolff BG, Tollefson MK, Walsh EE, Larson DR (2005). "Meckel diverticulum: the Mayo Clinic experience with 1476 patients (1950-2002)". Ann. Surg. 241 (3): 529–33. PMC 1356994. PMID 15729078.
↑ Lohsiriwat V, Sirivech T, Laohapensang M, Pongpaibul A (2014). "Comparative study on the characteristics of Meckel's diverticulum removal from asymptomatic and symptomatic patients: 18-year experience from Thailand's largest university hospital". J Med Assoc Thai. 97 (5): 506–12. PMID 25065089.
↑ Robinson JR, Correa H, Brinkman AS, Lovvorn HN (2017). "Optimizing surgical resection of the bleeding Meckel diverticulum in children". J. Pediatr. Surg. 52 (10): 1610–1615. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.03.047. PMID 28359587.