Abstract: IT IS the purpose of this paper to present 7 cases of volvulus of the cecum and ascending colon and to discuss the preoperative diagnosis of this condition, with emphasis on roentgenologic findings, and the proper surgical treatment.The problem of volvulus of the cecum is not frequent, and yet one of us (E.L.Y.) has operated on 3 cases in the last four years. The incidence in North America is relatively low. At the Massachusetts General Hospital over a period of fifty-seven years it was 1.15 per cent (6 cases) in 520 cases of acute intestinal obstruction exclusive of those . . .
Publication Year: 1947
Publication Date: 1947-07-17
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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