Volvulus of the Sigmoid Colon

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1975 English Publisher:Southern Medical AssociationJournal:Southern Medical Journal, volume 68, pages 55-58 (issn: 0038-4348,

Authors: C C, McDonald; H W, Boggs;

doi: 10.1097/00007611-197501000-00015

pmid: 1154059

Volvulus of the Sigmoid Colon

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Abstract

A study of 37 patients with sigmoid volvulus is presented. Subsequent bouts of recurrent volvulus are very common after sigmoidoscopic intubation, and overall mortality rates are high. Surgical resection is the preferred method of treatment.

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Adult, Male, Middle Aged, Peritonitis, Gangrene, Radiography, Colonic Diseases, Colon, Sigmoid, Recurrence, Humans, Female, Child, Sigmoidoscopy, Intestinal Obstruction, Aged

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