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The epidemiology and clinical presentation of sigmoid volvulus

✍ Scribed by J. J. Shepherd

Book ID: 102770226
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1969
Tongue: English
Weight: 749 KB
Volume: 56
Category: Article
ISSN: 0007-1323
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800560510

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✦ Synopsis

APPARENTLY diametrically opposing views have been expressed on many aspects of the epidemiological and clinical features of volvulus of the sigmoid colon,In this paper some of these conflicts will be considered against the background, firstly, of a review of the world literature and, secondly, of the recorded features of over 500 cases at one hospital in Uganda.Racial and Geographical Variations.-Peterson (1934) compared the incidence of sigmoid volvulus in a number of countries in terms of a percentage

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