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Volvulus of the stomach

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

Conclusions

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    Volvulus of the stomach is a rare condition.

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    A case of partial volvulus of the stomach is reported. is probably due to the fact that any true volvulus, because of its knotting effect, necessarily shortens the freely movable part of the stomach and brings it closer to the plane of its fixed points (cardia and pylorus), i.e. a plane closer to the spine. It seemed that posterior displacement of the stomach was part of the mechanism for the production of volvulus and that both could

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    The posterior displacement of the stomach during the volvulus is emphasized.

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    Unusual mobility of the stomach, found at operation, is thought to be of etiological significance in this case.

  5. 5.

    Gastropexy produced symptomatic relief in the case reported.

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    R. Schatzki & F. A. Simeone

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Schatzki, R., Simeone, F.A. Volvulus of the stomach. Jour. D. D. 7, 213–217 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02997827

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