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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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Subacute gastric volvulus: A report of two cases with review of literature
Nigerian Journal of Surgery, 2017 Gastric volvulus is a rare medical entity that requires high index of suspicion for diagnosis and treatment as it has different implications in terms of clinical presentation, diagnosis, imaging support, pathological behavior, and evaluation.
Adarshpal Kaur +3 more
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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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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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Annals of Surgery, 1975 A series of 37 patients with cecal volvulus treated at three different Swedish hospitals during the years 1952-1973 is presented. The symptoms, physical findings and radiologic features are presented. The associated factors found at operation are described and their possible role in provoking torsion is discussed.
A, Andersson, L, Bergdahl, W, Linden
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An unusual cause of paediatric abdominal pain: Mesenteric masses accompanied with volvulus
The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016 Background/Aims: Volvulus caused by mesenteric masses is rare and may result in serious consequences. This study aimed to better characterize volvulus caused by mesenteric masses in children.
Chao Yang +5 more
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