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Ileosigmoid knot – A Surgeon’s Nightmare Keywords: Ileosigmoid knot, Gangrenous sigmoid colon and ileum, Hartmann’s procedure
Ileosigmoid knot, also known as compound volvulus, is an unusual and a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. We are reporting a case of ileosigmoid knot in a 30-year-old male, who presented with lower abdominal pain. On examination, there was tenderness in the suprapubic area and later, the patient developed features of peritonitis. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a large volume of haemorrhagic...
متن کاملAn unusual volvulus--the ileosigmoid knot.
A case is presented of an ileosigmoid knot in a 70 year old man. A strangulated loop of ileum was wrapped around the neck of a sigmoid volvulus. Following small bowel resection and sigmoid colectomy with colostomy, the patient made an uneventful recovery.
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Intestinal obstruction is common surgical emergency; ileosigmoid knot is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction (a loop ileum and sigmoid colon twisted around each other in a knot). We recorded a three cases in HASSAN II hospital in the last 3 years.
متن کاملIleosigmoid Knot at Week 13 of Pregnancy: Report of a Case
The ileosigmoid knot (ISK) is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. ISK is a condition in which the ileum wraps around the base of the sigmoid colon and forms a knot, leading to high mortality with rapid progression to bowel gangrene. We herein report a rare case of ISK at week 13 of pregnancy. The ISK was diagnosed by computed tomography, and the patient underwent emergency surgery for acute...
متن کاملSigmoid Volvulus and Ileosigmoid Knotting at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu, Uganda
Background: Sigmoid volvulus is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in developing countries where it affects relatively young people. Little is known about this condition in our country and there is yet no literature from an environment like ours (northern Uganda) where civil war has devastated the economy with most of the populace displaced into internally displaced peoples’ camp. The mai...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0974-2700
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.55351