<prompt> A wide mouth meckels diverticulum is found. accidently on laparotomy. what will be tt of choice-Resection of diverticulumLeave as suchLigate at baseResection withpart of ileum  <response>: A wide-mouthed, thin walled unattached diverticulum in an adult patient can probably quite safely be left alone. - MaingotsTreatmentAny symptomatic Meckels diverticula is resected DiverticulectomyThere are two techniques for excision of the diverticulumsimple excisionresection with the segment of ileum containing the diverticulum and then reanastomosis.Resection of ileum with reanastomosis is reserved forpatients with peptic ulceration in the ileal mucosaa gangrenous diverticulitis affecting the base of the diverticulumif the base of the diverticulum is inflamed or perforatedin rare cases of malignant disease situated in Meckels diverticulum.Management of asymptomatic Meckels diverticula found incidentally on laprotomyManagement is controversial and different books write differently. According to Maingotsa wide-mouthed, thin walled Meckels diverticulum without any attached band can be left. prophylactic diverticulectomy is done if the diverticula has a narrow baseif there is any palpable thickening or adhesions suggestive of ectopic tissue.if there is any attachment either by bands to the umbilicus or by a mesodiverticular vascular strand. 