Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Volvulus of the sigmoid colon: A ten-year study

  • Published:
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Summary

A ten-year study of volvulus of the sigmoid colon is presented. Although the results of treatment of volvulus of the sigmoid colon are generally improving, the challenge for further improvement remains.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Agrawal RL, Misra MK: Volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Int Surg 55:49, 1971.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Arnold GJ, Nance FC: Volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Ann Surg 177:527, 1973

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Bruusgaard C: Volvulus of the sigmoid colon and its treatment. Surgery 22:456, 1947

    Google Scholar 

  4. Greenlee HB, Pienkos EJ, Vanderbilt PC, et al: Acute large bowel obstruction: Comparison of county, veterans administration, and community hospital populations. Arch Surg 108:470, 1974

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Gulati, SM, Grover NK, Tagore NK, et al: Volvulus of the sigmoid colon in Delhi, India. Dis Colon Rectum 17:219, 1974

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Hines JR, Geurkink RE, Bass RT: Recurrence and mortality rates in sigmoid volvulus. Surg Gynecol Obstet 124:567, 1967

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Inberg MV, Havia T, Davidsson L, et al: Acute intestinal volvulus: A report of 238 cases. Scand J Gastroenterol 7:209, 1972

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Ingalls JM, Lynch MF, Schilling JA: Volvulus of the sigmoid in a mental institution. Am J Surg 108:339, 1964

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Shepherd JJ: Treatment of volvulus of sigmoid colon: A review of 425 cases. Br Med J 1:280, 1968

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. String ST, DeCosse JJ: Sigmoid volvulus: An examination of the mortality. Am J Surg 121:293, 1971

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Sutcliffe MM: Volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Br J Surg 55:903, 1968

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Tanga MR: Sigmoid volvulus: A new concept in treatment. Am J Surg 128:119, 1974

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Wilson H, Dunavant WD: Volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Surg Clin North Am 45:1245, 1965.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Wuepper KD, Otteman MG, Stahlgren IH: An appraisal of the operative and nonoperative treatment of sigmoid volvulus. Surg Gynecol Obstet 122:84, 1966

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Dawood Siroospour M.D. (Assistant Section Cheif)

    Present address: John Gaston Hospital, 30th and Euclid, 50310, Memphis, Tennessee

  2. Romeo S. Berardi M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery)

    Present address: General Surgery, VAH, Des Moines, 30th and Euclid, 50310

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, 30th and Euclid, 50310, Des moines, Iowa

    Dawood Siroospour M.D. (Assistant Section Cheif) & Romeo S. Berardi M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery)

Authors
  1. Dawood Siroospour M.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Romeo S. Berardi M.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

About this article

Cite this article

Siroospour, D., Berardi, R.S. Volvulus of the sigmoid colon: A ten-year study. Dis Colon Rectum 19, 535–541 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590950

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590950

Keywords

Search

Navigation