An unusual volvulus--the ileosigmoid knot.
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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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 62 723 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986