Introduction: in Hippocrates’ Affections, treatment of volvulus involved injecting air into colon through anus and inserting suppository 10 digits (22 cm)-long; variations on these treatments still in use today Colonic volvulus: incidence — third most common cause of colonic obstruction worldwide; accounts for 2% to 4% of cases of colonic obstruction in United States but ≤50% of cases in “volvu...

Internal hernia formation is a feared complication following bariatric surgery. Protrusion of the small bowel through mesenteric defects can result in volvulus presenting with symptoms obstruction. If left untreated, patients may go on to develop ischemia possible perforation or necrosis necessitating emergent surgical exploration resection. In severe cases, extensive resection required, leadin...

common clinical situation, the case of single or multiple magnet ingestion is rare (1-8). An ingested small magnet with a smooth margin tends to be evacuated spontaneously (1, 5). However, when multiple magnets are ingested and they are separated into groups, they may lie in adjacent bowel loops within the range of each other’s magnetic force, and so they attract each other across the bowel wal...