Acute transverse colon volvulus with partial
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Transverse colon (T-Colon) volvulus is a uncommon and first reported by kallu in 1917 [1] and till now 70 paper published till now to our knowledge as per PubMed search. The incidence of colonic volvulus is 3-5 % and T-colon volvulus represents 3-4% out of it [2]. Few of the papers published were in pediatric but it is more common in adult [2-4]. The mortality rates are three time more common in T-colon volvulus when compared to sigmoid or cecal volvulus. We report one case of acute presentation managed with emergency laparotomy.
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