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A Symptomatic Coffee Bean: Acute Sigmoid Volvulus

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017
An acute sigmoid volvulus is due to the torsion of the sigmoid colon around its mesenteric axis. It mainly occurs in elderly patients and represents an abdominal emergency requiring urgent treatment.
Michael Scharl, Luc Biedermann
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Sigmoid Volvulus with Widespread Bowel Ischemia after Endoscopic Reduction Successfully Treated with Elective Laparoscopic Surgery

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2020
An 87-year-old man complaining of abdominal distention was referred to our hospital. Plain radiograph and enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a dilated sigmoid colon with a coffee bean sign, leading to the diagnosis of sigmoid volvulus.
Koji Yasuda, Shoji Oura, Nozomi Kashu, Hiroyuki Yoshitake, Tomoya Takami, Hiroshi Shintani, Naoki Kataoka, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Shinichiro Makimoto   +8 more
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Evaluation of The Outcomes of Intra-Operative Colonic Lavage in Non-Elective Colonic Resection and Primary Anastomosis for Sigmoid Volvulus [PDF]

, 2023
Sherif Albalkiny, Mohamed Elsayed Seifalyazal, Gamal Fawzy   +2 more
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Sigmoid volvulus in children: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Sigmoid volvulus is frequently reported in the “volvulus belt” (Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, and South America) and is the third leading cause of large bowel obstruction in North America.
Fayza Haider, Nabeel Al Asheeri, Barrak Ayoub, Eizat Abrar, Jawad Khamis, Hasan Isa, Husain Nasser, Fatima Al Hashimi   +7 more
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Volvulus of the sigmoid colon in paediatric patients: report of two cases [PDF]

, 1992
A clinical report of children afflicted with sigmoid volvulus in Nigeria.The common understanding of sigmoid volvulus is that it affects the elderly.
Ofiaeli, R.O.
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Long‐term growth and nutrition outcomes in children following intestinal transplantation

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Volume 80, Issue 3, Page 490-497, March 2025.
Abstract Objective Intestinal transplantation (ITx) has become an accepted option for children with serious complications from intestinal failure and parenteral nutrition (PN) dependence. We aimed to assess long‐term growth and nutritional outcomes in these patients.
Ahmad Miri, Angela K. Iverson, Nathan Law, Junghyae Lee, Ruben E. Quiros Navarrete, Emille M. Reyes‐Santiago, Warapan Nakayuenyongsuk, David F. Mercer, Luciano M. Vargas, Shaheed Merani, Wendy J. Grant, Alan N. Langnas, Ruben E. Quiros‐Tejeira   +12 more
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Endometriosis Presenting as a Rare Cause of Intestinal Perforation: A Case Report With Literature Review

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT This case report details a 39‐year‐old woman with a history of endometriosis who presented with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and nausea, leading to a diagnosis of intestinal perforation caused by endometriosis. The patient underwent emergency surgery to resect the perforated bowel and an adjacent mass.
Farnood Forouhar, Narges Mesbah, Sina Esmailpour, Peyman Bastani, Mostafa Salimi   +4 more
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Morphometry of the adult sigmoid colon and relation to volvulus [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: The sigmoid colon in Africans is commonly affected by volvulus formation. Anatomical characteristics of this part of the colon could provide some of the contributory explanations for male gender predisposition.
Anangwe, D, Awori, K, Ogeng’o, J, Saidi, H   +3 more
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Vacuum‐Assisted Closure Significantly Reduces Surgical Postoperative Complications Compared With Primary Abdominal Closure in Patients With Secondary Peritonitis: A Comparative Retrospective Study

World Journal of Surgery, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 387-400, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Vacuum‐assisted abdominal closure (VAC) is being increasingly used as an adjunctive procedure in the surgical treatment of secondary peritonitis. This study compared postoperative mortality and complication rates between VAC and primary abdominal closure (PAC).
Pooya Rajabaleyan, Ask Vang, Sören Möller, Sardar Khalaf, Anna Gosvig Ladegaard, Niels Qvist, Mark Bremholm Ellebæk   +6 more
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Steelpan sign (sigmoid volvulus)

, 2021
Francis Deng, Antonio Neto, Yaïr Glick
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