Cecal volvulus in giant ventral hernia

Cecal Bascule After Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair

INTRODUCTION We present a case of a cecal bascule, a rare type of cecal volvulus, as a complication of a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. CASE DESCRIPTION A 73-y-old male with a ventral hernia underwent an uneventful elective laparoscopic repair. He developed an acute abdomen on postoperative day 6, and imaging demonstrated a cecal bascule. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a cecal bascule w...

Giant diaphragmatic hernia with intrathoracic gastric volvulus.

The traditional surgical management of gastric volvulus consists of laparotomy with gastric detorsion and fixation, and diaphragmatic hernia repair. We report here an 83−year−old patient whose gastric volvulus occurred through a giant dia− phragmatic defect (Figure 1), who pre− sented with a 1−week history of abdomi− nal pain, distension, vomiting, and dys− phagia. At surgery, the gastroesophag...

Cecal Giant Lipoma Mimicking Malignancy

Surgical Treatment of Cecal Volvulus

Purpose: Right sided intestinal volvulus is considerably rare and requires high clinical suspicion in diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention. Several surgical procedures have been employed for the treatment of this condition, and there is no wide agreement on the most appropriate technique. The aim of this study is describe our experience with volvulus of the cecum and the outcome of differ...

Cecal volvulus: a case report

found distended abdomen with sluggish bowel sounds and loaded rectum. On further evaluation with Xray, abdomen supine showed dilated small-bowel loops [Figure 1]. Hence, initially paralytic ileus was suspected. Patient was treated conservatively and was observed for the next 24 h. Patient was found to deteriorate with progressive symptoms and increasing abdominal girth (from 76 to 84 cm). Thus,...