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Gastric Volvulus and Attendant Complications

The Annals of African Surgery, 2019
The diagnosis of a hiatal hernia, a gastric volvulus or its attendant complications, can be easily missed because evaluation of acute abdominal pain can be difficult, particularly in resource-limited settings.
Odhiambo H., patrick C.
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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 ...
Amano, Hizuru, Shirota, Chiyoe, Tainaka, Takahisa, Okamoto, Masamune, Uchida, Hiroo, Makita, Satoshi, Hinoki, Akinari, Yasui, Akihiro, Takada, Shunya, Kato, Daiki, Nakagawa, Yoichi, Yokota, Kazuki, Takimoto, Aitaro, Sumida, Wataru   +13 more
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A rare case of cecal volvulus in a pediatric patient with dolichocolon

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022
Dolichocolon is an anatomic variant characterized by redundant colon. While the overall incidence of this condition is unknown, cases of dolichocolon resulting in cecal volvulus are rarely reported.
Emily A. Rinebold, Elizabeth J. Lee, Katarzyna Zaniewska, Kaitlynne N. Cunningham, Francisca Velcek   +4 more
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Sigmoid volvulus

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2010
In sigmoid volvulus (SV), the sigmoid colon wraps around itself and its mesentery. SV accounts for 2% to 50% of all colonic obstructions and has an interesting geographic dispersion. SV generally affects adults, and it is more common in males. The etiology of SV is multifactorial and controversial; the main symptoms are abdominal pain, distention, and ...
Dhana Rekha, Selvaraj, Chandrasekar, Palaniswamy   +1 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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Sigmoid Volvulus and Ileosigmoid Knotting: An Update

, 2022
Sigmoid volvulus and ileosigmoid knotting are uncommon intestinal obstructions, which generally affect adult males. The etiology is multifactorial. Volvulus triad including abdominal pain/tenderness, distention, and obsti pation/constipation is the ...
Rıfat Peksöz, Sabri Selçuk Atamanalp, Esra Dişçi, DİŞÇİ, Esra, ATAMANALP, Sabri Selçuk, PEKSÖZ, Rıfat, Rifat Peksoz   +6 more
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Rates of microfilarial production by Onchocerca volvulus are not cumulatively reduced by multiple ivermectin treatments. [PDF]

, 2008
Regular distribution of ivermectin reduces onchocerciasis transmission and morbidity by killing, within humans, the microfilarial stage of the parasite (microfilaricidal effect).
Bottomley, Christian, Isham, Valerie, Collins, Richard C, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria   +3 more
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Co-infection with Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa microfilariae in central Cameroon: are these two species interacting? [PDF]

, 2006
Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L.
Pion, SDS, Clarke, P, Basáñez, M-G, Boussinesq, M, Gardon, J, Filipe, JAN, Kamgno, J   +6 more
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