نتایج جستجو برای: sigmoid volvulus

تعداد نتایج: 17490  

2009
G. Tumusiime

Background: Sigmoid Volvulus is the most common form of Volvulus of the gastrointestinal tract and in Uganda; this condition is one of the top causes of intestinal obstruction. It is associated with a pre-existing redundant sigmoid colon which has a narrow attachment of the sigmoid mesentery to the posterior abdominal wall. The objectives of this study was to establish the demographic, dietary ...

2015
Daisuke Ito Susumu Kaneko Kouji Morita Shimizu Seiichiro Masanori Teruya Michio Kaminishi

BACKGROUND Cecal volvulus is relatively rare. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, a case of cecal volvulus caused by endometriosis has not yet been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 41-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a 14-day history of subacute intermittent right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Simple abdominal radiography and abdominal computed tomography findings were sugge...

Journal: :Annals of Surgery 1948

Journal: :East African medical journal 2008
G Jumbi R T Kuremu

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 ...

2010
Roberto Cirocchi Eriberto Farinella Francesco La Mura Umberto Morelli Stefano Trastulli Diego Milani Micol S Di Patrizi Barbara Rossetti Alessandro Spizzirri Ioanna Galanou Konstandinos Kopanakis Valerio Mecarelli Francesco Sciannameo

BACKGROUND In western countries intestinal obstruction caused by sigmoid volvulus is rare and its mortality remains significant in patients with late diagnosis. The aim of this work is to assess what is the correct surgical timing and how the prognosis changes for the different clinical types. METHODS We realized a retrospective clinical study including all the patients treated for sigmoid vo...

Journal: :Internal medicine 2006
Kentaro Hirao Masayuki Kikawada Haruo Hanyu Toshihiko Iwamoto

An 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with increasing colicky pain and loss of appetite. Abdominal X-ray films revealed gross dilatation of the colon without any characteristic features of volvulus such as the coffee bean sign (Fig. 1). Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a dilated colon with an air/fluid level and the “whirl sign”, which represents twisted colon and mesentery...

2017
Yardesh Singh Shariful Islam Ammiel Arra Renee Banfield Vijay Naraynsingh

INTRODUCTION Signs in radiology are usually based on many common objects or patterns that are easily recognizable in everyday life. The objective behind this association is to aid in the understanding and diagnosis of the disease process. These signs can be seen in different imaging modalities such as plain radiograph and computed tomography. PRESENTATION OF CASE 4 consecutive cases of sigmoi...

2012
Muhammad R Khan Sameer ur Rehman

Sigmoid volvulus is a rare surgical complication occurring in pregnancy and puerperium. Only 84 cases of sigmoid volvulus in pregnancy have been reported in the English literature so far. We have reviewed the available literature on this subject and present another case recently managed at our institution. The available literature suggests that over the years, there has been an improvement in t...

2015
Phillipo L Chalya Joseph B Mabula

BACKGROUND Sigmoid volvulus is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in developing countries where it affects relatively young people compared to developed countries. No prospective study has been done on this subject in Tanzania and Bugando Medical Centre in particular. This study describes in our region, the clinical presentation, management and outcome of sigmoid volvulus. METHODS This ...

2009
T. R. Okello D. M. Ogwang P. Kisa Tom R Okello

Background: Sigmoid volvulus is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in developing countries where it affects relatively young people. Little is known about this condition in our country and there is yet no literature from an environment like ours (northern Uganda) where civil war has devastated the economy with most of the populace displaced into internally displaced peoples’ camp. The mai...

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