BACKGROUND Vomiting is usually a late and an infrequent symptom of colonic obstructions. Contrary to this general rule, it occurs early and more frequently in some cases of sigmoid volvulus. AIM To study the clinical significance of vomiting in patients with sigmoid volvulus. SETTING Teaching hospital in Western Orissa, India STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational study MATERIAL AND MET...

Non-motor features of Parkinson's disease are receiving greater recognition. Constipation affects up to 50% of patients with Parkinson's disease and sigmoid volvulus remains an under recognised complication with mortality rates up to 50%. The incidence of sigmoid volvulus in the general population is 1.7/100,000/year. The specific incidence in Parkinson's disease is not known; however, this cas...

Sigmoid and caecal volvulus: Describes rotation of the gut on its mesenteric axis. The sigmoid colon is the most common site of volvulus and accounts for 5% of large bowel obstruction. It is usually seen in the elderly or those with psychiatric illness. It is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in Africa and Asia, where the incidence is 10 times higher than in Europe or North Americ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of treatment of patients with sigmoid volvulus in the Polokwane-Mankweng Hospital and to identify the best management options for these patients. METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken of 85 patients with sigmoid volvulus treated in Polokwane-Mankweng Hospital during the period July 1997-May 2004. RESULTS In total, 85 patients were evaluated (77 males...

Materials and methods We performed a retrospective analysis of all the patients treated for sigmoid volvulus at the Department of General and Emergency Surgery, S. Maria Hospital in Terni of the University of Perugia, from January 1996 to March 2008. We treated 23 patients with sigmoid volvulus; mean age was 81 years. Eleven patients were admitted with a diagnosis of intestinal occlusion, 12 pa...

Wandering spleen is an uncommon entity in adults and has been described only rarely with sigmoid volvulus, that rarely affects children and adolescents. It is usually described in adults.Wandering spleen characterized by the abnormal location of the spleen, caused by incomplete fusion of the four primary splenic ligaments, allowing the spleen to be mobile within the abdomen.The wandering spleen...

OBJECTIVE To describe the management of sigmoid volvulus with reference to the type of surgical procedures performed and to determine the prognosis of sigmoid volvulus. STUDY DESIGN A case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Ghaem Hospital of Mashhad, University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, from 1996 to 2008. METHODOLOGY A total of 944 cases of colon obstruction were reviewed. Demo...

BACKGROUND Metachronous colonic volvulus is a rare event that has never been approached laparoscopically. METHODS Here we discuss the case of a 63-year-old female with a metachronous sigmoid and cecal volvulus. RESULTS The patient underwent 2 separate successful laparoscopic resections. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION The following is a discussion of the case and the laparoscopic technique, acc...

Case history The male patient (then aged 38 years) first presented in 1948 after an episode oflower abdominal pain and vomiting lasting several hours. Three similar attacks had occurred in the previous 14 years, 2 of which had required hospital admission. Physical examination was unremarkable but a barium enema showed a mobile caecum attached to a mesentery and a long redundant sigmoid loop, su...