Volvulus of the sigmoid colon
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George A. Khoury; Robert Pickard; Michael Knight
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Article
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1977
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## 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