VOLVULUS OF THE SIGMOID

Volvulus of the Sigmoid

Volvulus is possible in any portion of the intestinal tract from the stomach to the sigmoid colon. Thus volvulus of the stomach, due to gastroptosis, an hour-glass contraction or certain kinds of injury, although extremely rare, is known. Volvulus of Meckel's diverticulum when it is persistent is recorded. Similarly volvulus of the small intestines, the ileo-csGcal junction or even of the csecu...

Classification of Sigmoid Volvulus

Management of Sigmoid Volvulus Avoiding Sigmoid Resection

Acute sigmoid volvulus is typically caused by an excessively mobile and redundant segment of colon with a stretched mesenteric pedicle. When this segment twists on its pedicle, the result can be obstruction, ischemia and perforation. A healthy, 18-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the emergency department complaining of cramping abdominal pain, distention, constipation and obstipation for t...

The high incidence of intestinal volvulus in Iran SIGMOID VOLVULUS

The chapter dealing with intestinal volvulus in standard medical and surgical textbooks is invariably prefaced with a reference to the high incidence of volvulus of the sigmoid colon in east European, Russian, or Nordic countries at the turn of the century. This idea has so often been repeated that it has become an accepted surgical-pathological truth. The evidence, in fact, is based on relativ...

Emergency resection of sigmoid volvulus.

OBJECTIVES To determine the outcome of emergency resection of sigmoid volvulus and to determine the factors associated with adverse outcome. DESIGN Retrospective case series review. SETTING Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Eldoret, Kenya. SUBJECTS All cases of sigmoid volvulus operated at MTRH during the six years period between year 2000-2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Mortality ...