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Derotation gastropexy for a case of chronic mesentericoaxial gastric volvulus
Apollo Medicine, 2019 Gastric volvulus is a rare disease with unknown incidence and having significant morbidity and mortality. Unstable vital signs and distressed appearance are not always present and diagnosis can be easily missed.
Suhas Umakanth +2 more
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Acute Gastric Volvulus Causing Splenic Avulsion and Hemoperitoneum [PDF]
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2018 Gastric volvulus is an abnormal, potentially life-threatening, torsion of the stomach. The presence of complications such as hemoperitoneum increases the diagnostic urgency; however it can also mask the presentation of gastric volvulus.
Yana Cavanagh +3 more
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“A Large Hiatal Hernia”: Atypical Presentation of Gastric Volvulus [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2017 Gastric volvulus is a rare condition defined as an abnormal rotation of the stomach by more than 180 degrees. Gastric volvulus could present atypically with simply nausea and vomiting.
Amirali Kiyani +3 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsGastric volvulus and wandering spleen are two rare and uncommon conditions. Gastric volvulus is characterized by the rotation of the stomach around itself, causing a closed obstruction.
Hamdah Hanifa +6 more
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Acute Gastric Volvulus on Hiatal Hernia
Case Reports in Surgery, 2020 The gastric volvulus is defined as an abnormal rotation of all or part of the stomach around one of its axes, creating the conditions of an upper abdominal obstruction with gastric dilation and risk of strangulation.
Abdessamad EL KAOUKABI +4 more
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Gastric Volvulus and Wandering Spleen: A Rare Surgical Emergency [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2013 Gastric volvulus is a rare but potentially life-threatening clinical entity due to possible gastric necrosis. A wandering spleen may also be associated with gastric volvulus. Patients presenting with the triad epigastralgia, vomiting followed by retching,
Georgios Lianos +5 more
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Pediatric Gastric Volvulus: Diagnostic and Clinical Approach
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2013 Gastric volvulus is a significant, rare cause of non-bilious vomiting and consists of a pathological rotation of the stomach of more than 180° around the axis without obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract.
Federica Porcaro +2 more
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Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus in Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria, 2016 Gastric dilatation and volvulus is a life-threatening condition characterized by rapid accumulation of food and gases that cause displacement and distension of the stomach.
Marinković Darko +5 more
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Eventration of diaphragm with gastric volvulus: A case report
Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2015 Gastric volvulus is a rare but potentially life threatening cause for upper gastrointestinal obstruction. It is an abnormal rotation of one part of the stomach around another which can manifest with acute, intermittent or chronic symptoms.
John J. S. Martis +3 more
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Patients with gastric volvulus recurrence have high incidence of wandering spleen requiring laparoscopic gastropexy and splenopexy [PDF]
, 2022 Purpose: Though gastric volvulus in neonates and infants resolves by conservative therapy and aging, some cases require surgical intervention. This study aimed to review the cases of gastric volvulus requiring surgical intervention and evaluate their ...
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