Sigmoid volvulus in young patients: Ą new twist on an old diagnosis
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Sigmoid Volvulus: A New Twist to an Old Problem
Reports of a volvulus (twisting) of the sigmoid colon can be found in a papyrus from ancient Egypt. However, sigmoid volvulus represents a spectrum of disease across the globe from young men in central Africa to the elderly institutionalised patients in Western Europe and the USA. As the population ages the prevalence of sigmoid volvulus is likely to rise. As an acute presentation, it represent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Intractable & Rare Diseases Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2186-361X,2186-3644
DOI: 10.5582/irdr.2017.01033