Volvulus of the transverse and sigmoid colon
โ Scribed by M. Samuel; S. A. Boddy; S. Capps
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-0358
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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
VOLVULUS of the sigmoid colon, forming 1-4 per cent of all intestinal obstructions (Hamlin, I952), is not a sufficiently common condition in this country for any individual surgeon to reach a satisfactory conclusion on its management from his personal experience. At the same time its incidence is la