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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 ...
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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.
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Radiology, 2021 Online supplemental material is available for this article.
Paul Borde, Valérie Vilgrain
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Emergency Medicine Journal, 2007 Gastric volvulus is a rare disease with an unknown incidence. Unless it stays in the back of the diagnostician's mind, diagnosis of gastric volvulus, which can have significant morbidity and mortality associated with it, can be easily missed. Unstable vital signs and distressed appearance are not always present, as in textbook cases.
Bang, Chau, Susan, Dufel
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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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, 2022 Small bowel volvulus is a rare medical emergency. Primary ileal volvulus occurs without any predisposing factors, whereas secondary volvulus has an underlying congenital or iatrogenic condition.Volvulus tankog crijeva rijetko je hitno medicinsko stanje ...
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Indian Journal of Surgery, 2012 A twisted loop of the bowel and its mesentery on a fixed point is known as volvulus and it may arise more frequently in the sigmoid colon and cecum. Cecal volvulus as an uncommon cause of acute intestinal obstruction is axial twist of the cecum, ascending colon and terminal ileum around their mesenteric pedicles.
Mustafa, Hasbahceci +2 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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, 2005 Ivermectin (Mectizan, Merck and CO. Inc.) is being widely used in the control of human onchocerciasis (Onchoverca volvulus) because of its potent effect on microfilariae.
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