Bowel resection: This surgery removes the twisted and damaged part of the bowel. Most providers prefer this method as it reduces the chances of volvulus coming back. However, older people with ...

Sigmoid volvulus is rare in the U.S., accounting for 10% of intestinal obstruction cases, researchers note. Risk factors ...

The patient underwent emergency surgery, which involved a ... a 62-year-old woman who presented with acute intestinal obstruction due to cecal volvulus as a late manifestation of intestinal ...

The volvulus of the small bowel is a surgical emergency ... and with previous abdominal surgery are associated with a worse outcome.

Incomplete rotation and midgut volvulus is the commonest type of anomaly. Intestinal obstruction is ... In 1995, the first report of laparoscopic surgery for malrotation was published.