Volvulus of the sigmoid flexure

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1965 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, volume 8, pages 30-34 (issn: 0012-3706,

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Authors: G W, SCOTT;

doi: 10.1007/bf02617036

pmid: 14255003

Volvulus of the sigmoid flexure

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Abstract

Thirty-eight patients having 44 episodes of sigmoidal volvulus were treated in a 50-bed hospital in northern Iran over an eight-and-one-half-year period. The possible influence of diet on the high incidence of this disease is discussed.

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Postoperative Complications, Colon, Colon, Sigmoid, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Colostomy, Humans, Iran, Mortality, Intestinal Obstruction, Diet, Intestinal Volvulus

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