IT IS the purpose of this paper to present 7 cases of volvulus of the cecum and ascending colon and to discuss the preoperative diagnosis of this condition, with emphasis on roentgenologic findings, ...

An otherwise healthy 72-year-old woman with no history of abdominal surgery presented to the emergency department with intermittent pain in her right lower quadrant, abdominal distension and decreased ...

The axial twisting that occurs involving the cecum, terminal ileum, and ascending colon is called as cecal volvulus. Rarely, it may take the form of upward and anterior folding of the ascending colon ...

Volvulus, derived from the Latin term volvere, is a subtype of abnormal gastrointestinal (GI) rotation. In volvulus, a loop of intestines is twisted at a point along the mesentery that is attached to ...

MALROTATION of the bowel in the absence of mechanical obstruction is compatible with a normal life span. Volvulus of the mid-gut associated with malrotation of the bowel usually requires treatment ...

A diagnosis of cecal volvulus was made. Because of continued pain, a diagnostic laparotomy was performed which revealed a dusky-appearing cecum with a cecal volvulus draped across an adhesive band ...

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Melissa Gonzalez always had another call to take, a meeting to attend or trip booked in her calendar. The strategist from New Jersey was attending a weekend retreat in the fall of 2022 when she ...

A condition called Cecal volvulus, a rare form of intestinal obstruction, is rarely reported in the pediatric age group with an estimated incidence of 1 in every 500[1] cases and affects approximately ...

Patient was suffering from rare, twisted intestine causing bowel obstruction Dr Abhilash Jayachandran, Specialist Laparoscopic and General Surgery, and Dr Sandeep Tandel, Specialist Laparoscopic and ...

Cecal volvulus is axial twisting that occurs involving the cecum, terminal ileum, and ascending colon. Rarely, it may take the form of upward and anterior folding of the ascending colon ("cecal ...