Perforation of the CÆcum complicating volvulus of the pelvic colon
✍ Scribed by Graham Bell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1962
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
SPONTANEOUS perforation of the colon is well recognized and is commonly due to ulceration, diverticulitis, or new growth. The following case is reported because it appears that spontaneous perforation occurred in a macroscopically normal pelvic colon. Only 4 similar cases have been found in the lite
leg or arm ", and that " in spite of the best treatmerit which could be given in these circumstances the death-rate from gas gangrene in these sites remains about 45 per cent ".
## Abstract The clinical presentation and treatment of 31 consecutive patients with sigmoid volvulus are reviewed. Nearly half of these patients had a history of mental illness and one-third of all patients were chronically constipated. The main clinical features of abdominal pain and gross abdomin