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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 +5 more
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Ileosigmoid knot during pregnancy: unusual cause of intestinal obstruction
PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020 Ileosigmoid knotting also known as compound volvulus or double volvulus, is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. In this condition the ileum wraps around the base of the sigmoid colon and forms a knot, the condition is serious, generally progressing ...
Mohamed Anajjar +9 more
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Infantile Feeding Difficulties
Global Pediatric Health, 2014 Background . Gastric volvulus refers to a torsion of all or part of the stomach that may cause an obstruction of the foregut. The clinical symptoms of gastric volvulus range from asymptomatic to life-threatening and thus must be rapidly diagnosed ...
Laura C. McCarthy DO +3 more
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Synchronous volvulus of the cecum and sigmoid colon: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction
Cirugía y Cirujanos, 2021 A 102-year-old female with a past medical history of sigmoid volvulus resolved by colonoscopy a year ago presents to the emergency department with sigmoid volvulus, which is resolved by colonoscopy and rectal tube placement.
Ana Rivera García-Granados +1 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background Annual mass drug administrations (MDA) of ivermectin will strongly reduce Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae (mf) in the skin and in the onchocerciasis patients’ eyes. Ivermectin treatment will also affect the expression of immunity in patients,
Saskia I. Johanns +10 more
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2019 Introduction: Since the first description by William Ladd, the Ladd's procedure has been the surgery of choice for the correction of malrotation. The laparoscopic Ladd's procedure is becoming popular with the advent of minimal access surgery and is ...
Vikesh Agrawal +4 more
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Pathogens, 2021 Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is a devastating childhood disorder occurring in areas with high Onchocerca volvulus transmission. Despite epidemiological evidence showing the association between O.
Melissa Krizia Vieri +9 more
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A Case Report of a Rare Aetiology of a Sigmoid Volvulus Involving a Congenital Omental Defect [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care SurgerySigmoid volvulus is a rare form of large bowel obstruction and makes up < 5% of all colonic obstruction. The commonest aetiologies include a lead point involving an intra or extra luminal mass such as a malignancy or a benign stricture or colonic ...
Yagan Pillay, Vimal Naidoo
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Volvulus de la vésicule biliaire: à propos d'une observation
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 Le volvulus de la vésicule biliaire (VVB) est une affection rare et de diagnostic difficile; le plus souvent per opératoire. Nous rapportons 1 cas de VVB avec gangrène de la vésicule biliaire chez un enfant de 10 ans.
Foulaké Tandian +5 more
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Hereditary hypofibrinogenemia: A rare cause of chronic liver disease
JPGN Reports, EarlyView.Abstract Hypofibrinogenemia is characterized by low levels of fibrinogen with patients commonly presenting asymptomatically. This report discusses a case of hereditary hypofibrinogenemia manifesting as chronic liver disease in a 2‐year‐old male who was evaluated for elevated liver enzymes and skin/soft tissue bleeding.
Hannah Caringal +4 more
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