Volvulus of the sigmoid colon in Jordan
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 35 (1), 64-68
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02053341
Abstract
This report discusses 27 patients with sigmoid volvulus treated at Jordan University Hospital (JUH) during a 15-year period. These patients represented 4.7 percent of adult patients treated for intestinal obstruction in the same period. The average age was 54.5 years, and none of the patients was institutionalized. Twenty-five patients presented with acute symptoms, and two had chronic symptoms. Sigmoidoscopic detorsion was achieved in 15 patients. Emergency resection was required in two of these patients: for the development of gangrene a few hours after detorsion in one patient and for recurrence within 24 hours in the other despite the presence of a rectal tube. Early recurrence occurred in two other patients and was managed endoscopically. Emergency surgery was performed in 10 other patients: for a failed endoscopic detorsion in three patients, for ulcerated and bleeding mucosa forecasting gangrene in another, and as a primary treatment in six patients who were either misdiagnosed or suspected to have gangrenous bowel. Elective resection was performed in 13 patients. The mortality rate was 15 percent (4/27) for the whole series and 33.3 percent (1/3) for those with gangrenous bowel.Keywords
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