The term volvulus is derived from the Latin word volvere (“to twist”). A colonic volvulus occurs when a part of the colon twists on its mesentery, resulting in acute, subacute, or chronic colonic obstruction. The main types of colonic volvulus are sigmoid volvulus and cecal volvulus. [1...
Through his work on cadavers, he observed that insertion of a rectal tube detorsed sigmoid volvulus, which led him to propose that all patients with sigmoid volvulus have a rectal tube inserted [2]. By the late nineteenth century, nonoperative treatment was well established. Operative treatment...
Sigmoid volvulus is one of the main factors forBowel obstruction. It can be defined as the twist that takes place in the sigmoid colon on itsmesentery. Sigmoid volvulus is the main form of volvulus found among the people living in the United States of America and in Western Europe. The si...
sigmoid volvulus, cecal volvulus, mesenterium communeWe report a rare case of metachronous cecal and sigmoid volvulus with mesenterium commune. The patient was a 75-year-old institutionalized woman with a history of Hartmann's procedure for sigmoid volvulus. She was referred to our medical center ...
Sigmoid volvulusCecal volvulusSynchronous volvulusSimultaneous volvulusVolvulus is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in the U.S. Sigmoid colon volvulus is the most frequent, followed by cecal volvulus. The simultaneous occurrence of cecal and sigmoid colon volvulus is extremely unusual. We are ...
A Cecal Volvulus with Mobile Sigmoid: A Rare Case PresentationDr. Parveen Kumar
Synchronous double colonic volvulus is extremely rare, with limited documented cases in academic literature.We report a case of synchronous volvulus involving the sigmoid colon and cecum in a 45-year-old male of the Toro tribe from Fort Portal city in western Uganda who presented with acute ...