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Caecal volvulus: A report of three paediatrics cases

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2023
Caecal volvulus is favoured by the lack of caecal adhesion and intestinal malrotation. According to the per operation findings, the treatment consists of a de-rotation with or without cecopexy.
Benmassaoud Zineb, Fatoumata Binta Baldé, Othmane Alaoui, Abdelhalim Mahmoudi, Khalid Khattala, Youssef Bouabdallah   +5 more
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Internal Hernia and Volvulus in an Adult Male Caused by Meckel’s Diverticulum: A Case Report

Medicina, 2021
Background: Meckel’s diverticulum is a common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract encountered in about 1–3% of the general population. Although most patients remain asymptomatic, a minority will experience serious complications such as ...
Konstantinos Sapalidis, Christina Sevva, Vasiliki Magra, Vasiliki Manaki, Charilaos Koulouris, Panagiota Roulia, Athanasios Katsaounis, Despoina Vasileiou, Stelian Pantea, Isaak Kesisoglou   +9 more
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Point-of-Care Ultrasonography as an Extension of the Physical Examination for Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department: The Diagnosis of Small-Bowel Volvulus as a Rare Complication after Changing the Feeding Jejunostomy Tube

Diagnostics, 2022
Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) has become the most popular modality of testing for physicians in recent years and is used for improving the quality of care and increasing patient safety.
Tse-Chyuan Wong, Rhu-Chia Tan, Jian-Xun Lu, Tzu-Heng Cheng, Wei-Jun Lin, Te-Fa Chiu, Shih-Hao Wu   +6 more
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Caecal volvulus in a twin pregnancy: dilemma of a delayed diagnosis [PDF]

New Indian Journal of OBGYN, 2020
Intestinal obstruction during pregnancy is rare. I present a case in which a woman of 37 years 18th weeks of twin gestation presented with 4 days intermittent abdominal pain with constipation.
Harjit Singh Dhaliwal
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Volvulus

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017
History of present illness: A 26-year-old previously healthy female presented to the emergency department (ED) with diffuse abdominal pain, distention, and constipation for two days. Her physical exam was normal except for a soft, distended abdomen with
Sari Lahham, Kathryn Bennett, Mohammad Helmy   +2 more
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Development of Onchocerca volvulus in humanized NSG mice and detection of parasite biomarkers in urine and serum. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: The study of Onchocerca volvulus has been limited by its host range, with only humans and non-human primates shown to be susceptible to the full life cycle infection.
Abraham, David, Bennuru, Sasisekhar, Eberhard, Mark L., Hess Ligas, Jessica A., Lustigman, Sara, Nutman, Thomas B., Patton, John B., Torigian, April R.   +7 more
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Gallbladder Volvulus [PDF]

HPB Surgery, 1992
A case of torsion of the gallbladder is presented. This is a rare condition that occurs more frequently in elderly females, it is associated with anatomical variants related to abnormal fixation of the gallbladder to the liver bed. It is usually diagnosed at laparotomy and treatment consists of cholecystectomy.
Gonzalez-Fisher, Ricardo F., Vargas-Ramirez, Lourdes, Rescala-Baca, Elias, Dergal-Badue, Elias   +3 more
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Stage-specific proteomes from onchocerca ochengi, sister species of the human river blindness parasite, uncover adaptations to a nodular lifestyle [PDF]

, 2016
Despite 40 years of control efforts, onchocerciasis (river blindness) remains one of the most important neglected tropical diseases, with 17 million people affected.
Adam, Altschul, Altschul, Anon, Argueta, Armstrong, Armstrong, Arumugam, Babayan, Bazzocchi, Bendtsen, Benjamini, Bennuru, Bennuru, Berry, Berry, Board, Boatin, Brattig, Brattig, Brophy, Bulman, Burbelo, Burchard, Burket, Butler, Chandrashekar, Chawade, Chhabra, Choi, Claros, Constam, Cooray, Crump, Darby, Darby, Desjardins, Duckert, Edgar, Edwards, Erttmann, Finn, Franceschini, Frank, Gallin, Gardon, GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Geary, Ghali, Ghedin, Ghosh, Gilbert, Globisch, Godel, Gomez-Escobar, Gopal, Gotenstein, Gottsch, Grainger, Gretes, Guan, Guiliano, Hansen, Henrichfreise, Hewitson, Hewitson, Hewitson, Hotez, Hunter, Ichishita, Joseph, Joza, Kanazawa, Klion, Ko, Koonin, Korten, Krogh, Larkin, Li, Li, Liebau, Liebau, Liebau, Liebau, Littler, Liu, Longo, Lu, Lundquist, Lustigman, Lustigman, Mackenzie, Makepeace, Marti, McGarry, McSorley, Melnikow, Meyer, Michalski, Morales-Hojas, Moreno, Moreno, Morris, Mossmann, Nana-Djeunga, Nfon, Nicholson, Nomura, Ohtsuki, Ohtsuki, Osei-Atweneboana, Page, Pant, Parra, Petersen, Plaisier, Quintana, Ranjan, Rew, Rogalski, Roth, Saitou, Schulz-Key, Schulz-Key, Scocchi, Sheehan, Silva, Sommer, Srivastava, Tamarozzi, Tanikawa, Taylor, Tchakouté, Ternent, Tew, Thompson, Tiwari, Trees, Vogel, Wahl, Waterhouse, Westermann, Wildenburg, Willenbucher, Wilson, Wisniewski, Wu, Wu, Xie, Xie, Yamaguchi, Yang, Yasuda, Zanetti, Zipfel   +155 more
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Modelling the elimination of river blindness using long-term epidemiological and programmatic data from Mali and Senegal [PDF]

, 2017
The onchocerciasis transmission models EPIONCHO and ONCHOSIM have been independently developed and used to explore the feasibility of eliminating onchocerciasis from Africa with mass (annual or biannual) distribution of ivermectin within the timeframes ...
Basáñez, M-G, Bottomley, C, De Vlas, S J, Diawara, L, Dixon, M A, Stolk, W A, Traoré, M O, Walker, M   +7 more
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Perinatal Survival of a Fetus with Intestinal Volvulus and Intussusception: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2013
Fetal intestinal volvulus is a rare life-threatening condition. Late diagnosis of volvulus contributes to high rate of morbidity and mortality. It has variable degrees of presentation and survival.
Esohe Ohuoba, Gary Fruhman, Oluyinka Olutoye, Nikolaos Zacharias   +3 more
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