Recurrent Volvulus of the Sigmoid Colon Cured by Complete Sigmoidectomy
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section was performed by myself and the volvulus again reduced. To prevent a recurrence of the twisting, the colon was stitched to the abdominal parieties. It was greatly liypertrophied and harboured a mass of constipated feces which probably caused the volvulus. The patient gave a history of long continued obstinate constipation. He returned again in the following March when I performed abdominal section for the third time within a year. The parietal adhesions had stretched the stitching having quite failed to do its work, so I decided the only procedure to carry out was to remove the whole of the sigmoid loop. This was done and owing to the
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